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m-u-g-e-n.exe

Softonic International

The application m-u-g-e-n.exe by Softonic International has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from s10365.chomikuj.pl.
Publisher:
Softonic International  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7b600d51aad0eb16958d2900f200452d

SHA-1:
553c7efdb7222cf3ab8dcc72f0badbe0b478b399

SHA-256:
d4d1223e3076de9925af8926d2613fc3ef96e41ac60d1c37815f7fd5d1327728

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
5/1/2025 6:15:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic (M)
16.3.31.2

File size:
286.3 KB (293,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\m-u-g-e-n.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/7/2009 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/8/2011 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softonic International, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softonic International, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
707E68E6802EEDABC3757C9005AC1028

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/15/2010 11:32:18 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:kyTYVd5dCC0E8zTSNwpLDPQhmm1rEkosSHeoSFL8:kysV57hriRPQwD+oSFL8

Entry address:
0x4BE750

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 87, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, B8, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 0F, C2, 4B, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 48, 17, 04, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
268 KB (274,432 bytes)

The file m-u-g-e-n.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://s10365.chomikuj.pl/File.aspx?e=OiLqGNKP5GQFJ7yTUUrJEZ9ZyfasMo3eqQ2lp0sf7KE5K_BkgPW7BxqTuv8H7iiM9seBeo3WUs-jm7thoED20NfzFWweytgoQ4B7w9HX_CON9Mhtx4GD4FXwd9kmAxSwYKLoLLhip7_rldpOEOoTiQ&pv=2

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