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paint net 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 paint net setup.exe by I.T.N.T. SRL has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from paint-net.soft32.com.

File name:

paint net setup.exe

Publisher:

I.T.N.T. SRL (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.0.0

MD5:

02f71345d678a62840edfab0e78dfd66

SHA-1:

bf5af0df48da43e78204759785eb098b7c22c27f

SHA-256:

91d47e10204b42e6a29ecee04214740968b004aab0649af7233a07e61f35ba6d

Scanner detections:

15 / 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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

4/19/2024 12:18:34 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Soft32Downloader

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Downloader.Gen

7.11.151.88

avast!

Malware-gen

2014.9-140812

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.Agent.S

18317

Dr.Web

Worm.Siggen.9964

9.0.1.0224

ESET NOD32

Win32/Soft32Downloader.D potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Softdownmgr

8/12/2014

F-Prot

W32/Soft32Download.C.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of winrar setup.exe (Adware)

2014.10.22.2

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AdBundle

v2014.08.12.12

McAfee

Downloader-FMA

5600.7040

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Html.SoftDownload.cvvset

0.28.0.59921

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.ITNTSRL.P

14.8.12.12

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Soft32Downloader!1.9C52

23.00.65.14810

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4783370

29418

File size:

1.1 MB (1,117,976 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Soft32 Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\paint net setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

I.T.N.T. SRL

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/25/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

2C5182859A028A663B668C63FE5C1CD7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/28/2013 2:53:56 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:c09l6KoJKgrVkgkx5jwLPkSfvmNbj2X2oaP0o1V:lqJKgr2HctHEbjwgP9

Entry address:

0x372D20

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 10, 67, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, D9, FF, C7, 87, 34, AC, 2C, 00, 86, 22, A5, BB, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46... 
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Entropy:

7.8936

Packer / compiler:

UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:

1 MB (1,060,864 bytes)

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

http://paint-net.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../?lp=adwords&gclid=CMaahvSIkbgCFbFAMgod724A7Q

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