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hgtv_home_and_landscape_platinum_suite_english.exe

HGTV Home and Landscape Platinum Suite 5

Cadsoft Corporation

The application hgtv_home_and_landscape_platinum_suite_english.exe, “Cadsoft Installation ” by Cadsoft has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Cadsoft   (signed by Cadsoft Corporation)

Product:
HGTV Home and Landscape Platinum Suite 5

Description:
Cadsoft Installation

Version:
5.0

MD5:
c91322fd597f5920edd12743cd87c8d3

SHA-1:
e08200fe19b81341b495829a1f3fc77ac79f0c00

SHA-256:
c12a7eed1220b3856a362e51108cb0c026e5e42815345476d466a8ab4f9bfc38

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:05:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CadsoftCorporation.Installer (M)
15.10.27.20

File size:
611.4 MB (641,076,624 bytes)

Product version:
5.00, 0, 0

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hgtv_home_and_landscape_platinum_suite_english.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cadsoft Corporation

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/5/2014 8:35:29 AM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 8:35:29 AM

Subject:
E=support@cadsoft.com, CN=Cadsoft Corporation, O=Cadsoft Corporation, L=Guelph, S=ON, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121F898285F1DA8CDA095A2273DBF12F1F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/3/2013 9:38:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12582912:sn41FNQaL1WmtSS26p+6cgBrxhr6m3HYwhUlwhTjte/50r42khHrpiO4KD/mWD4K:sUFNQaL8mtSSro+rxp64Yw+eTM/w4phk

Entry address:
0x181DD

Entry point:
E8, DA, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, F8, A4, 42, 00, E8, 79, F9, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, E8, AD, 1C, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, C4, 06, 43, 00, BA, C0, 06, 43, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, B4, F2, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, AB, F2, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 68, F9, FF, FF, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 78, 1B, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
8.0000  (probably packed)

Code size:
134 KB (137,216 bytes)

The file hgtv_home_and_landscape_platinum_suite_english.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=5f2221d6bb59d3d08e4b8e07d9fdcb0316210831

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=3a7d48f73a4e914afd257929590038ec14208770

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