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hgtvultimatehomedesign6.exe

HGTV Ultimate Home Design 6

Cadsoft Corporation

The application hgtvultimatehomedesign6.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from shop.novadevelopment.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Cadsoft   (signed by Cadsoft Corporation)

Product:
HGTV Ultimate Home Design 6

Description:
Cadsoft Installation

Version:
6.0

MD5:
eb5c9cdff227cb3a5bb92723323f957e

SHA-1:
1815211810c9ac3be66e711ba5b34eb602960a8f

SHA-256:
8d3154e8d5a5874c90abd555b9b9aaa9600914ae39f65172222e9e9c02d9e63b

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:
4/27/2024 2:33:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CadsoftC.Installer (M)
16.4.13.10

File size:
615 MB (644,868,728 bytes)

Product version:
6.00, 0, 0

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hgtvultimatehomedesign6.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cadsoft Corporation

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/3/2015 9:56:24 AM

Valid to:
6/3/2018 10:56:24 AM

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

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

Serial number:
11212B8CE2933DBB7D94049173BD19F837F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/3/2013 8:38:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12582912:T5WsJROnslXgDpnC/K4vlGEzkMwC7ijOQEnG33cMElo8Ht:Tlvyumnju0EeOQEne90oEt

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 hgtvultimatehomedesign6.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=6366ab9e0b2e4641239cf4f15c046bb216922233

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=184c382b39176bdaf6a7532df93afce116636543

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=9e14303faba665c3d18aba9fc4880f6b16681878

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=ee177f87bd00406cea621fd717b7f5af16428569

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=b2080865749ed0c16fc93eb0e25ed1b116303304

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=cac968fd24a07964585a1743c41785d516852521

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=075b3d313512f0953505b0efbe800f0016915019

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=d858f3106b5750a304b41cd254e99d0f16723252

https://shop.avanquest.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=e18b504f5c411effb28d07c862cccd7817116715

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=cff4f6cee7f7f5783737c5113b06237e16524407

https://shop.novadevelopment.com/.../download_link.php?type=master&id=143996c9c96f69849bdcb9858232e0f016581335

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