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minitool partition wizard home edition setup.exe

Zulu Soft 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 minitool partition wizard home edition setup.exe by Zulu Soft SRL has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from minitool-partition-wizard-home-edition.soft32.com.
Publisher:
Zulu Soft SRL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2a2da801eb34a03acbb04ea2d80b3cc1

SHA-1:
16a67216cafc4634ec512e33ba7f9c7e599d7757

SHA-256:
6728d0cd6fc20be7568f7da29a5818eb1c9146b5c642c1deb22e095db0490e83

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/27/2024 5:19:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2152
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Soft32Downloader.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Soft32.A
v2014.07.21.05

McAfee
SoftDropper
5600.7062

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downloader.cvxhzw
0.28.2.60990

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ZuluSoftSRL.m
14.7.21.17

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_DOWNWARE.GC
7.2.202

Trend Micro
ADW_DOWNWARE.GC
10.465.21

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783370
31208

File size:
545.8 KB (558,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\minitool partition wizard home edition setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zulu Soft SRL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Zulu Soft SRL, O=Zulu Soft SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO, SERIALNUMBER=J32/987/2007, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=RO

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
22D4D7E5042BE9C2999CB05C4CA2BB4F

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:bAXGxwcvzFhb4Dw6YY2+IMHNCzc3u3iOkTdXzhremBV:EYw8zFhbCwozHNh3uizXxem

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:
7.9242

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file minitool partition wizard home edition setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://minitool-partition-wizard-home-edition.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../?lp=adwords&tg=us&kw=Mini partition tool&mt=b&ad=27895527438&pl=&ds=s&gclid=CLa-3OiIoL8CFXNo7AodORoA_w

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