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horizon setup.exe

I.T.N.T. SRL

This the Soft32 ad-supported download manager that bundles additional PUP offers. "During the download process we may show commercial offers, such as a toolbar or other browser add-ons. The download manager is in no way affiliated or endorsed by the author of this product." The application horizon setup.exe by I.T.N.T. SRL has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from horizon.soft32.com.
Publisher:
I.T.N.T. SRL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
df84835ac209b94ed7332ec506592417

SHA-1:
be0fc6737e27b50250a2a0006120872fde512e39

SHA-256:
9741afe120619c9278d516d02da83b860266f992687a79a97ec03708075bfe0b

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The setup file is part of the Soft32.com download and install manager. It is an ad-supported installer and attempts to get the user to install various adware toolbars, browser add-ons, game applications or other potentially unwanted programs. If a sponsored software offer such as a toolbar is installed it might change the User’s home page, default search settings and 404 traffic. Note, the software installed by Soft32 is probably safe, just the installer is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 11:07:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Soft32Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Soft32Downloader
2014.11.18

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.165.30

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150410

AVG
Itnt
2016.0.3144

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Outbrowse-2
0.98/19185

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.971
9.0.1.0100

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Soft32Downloader.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Wajam
4/10/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.Soft32downloader
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of pst to eml converter setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.12.22

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11451

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Soft32.A
v2015.04.10.05

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downloader.cvxhzw
0.28.0.59048

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloader.Bundler.Soft32.Installer
15.4.10.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Soft32Downloader
27462

File size:
512 KB (524,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
I.T.N.T. SRL

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/15/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/19/2016 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
01E05385C89B3721A007F02C5178544F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BAByEkfb0We5RmZRgFNGDV4SmOULG8mam:uByEkD0tMXw0t2Pm

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9071

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file horizon setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://horizon.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../?rel=center

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