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partition-magic.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 partition-magic.exe by I.T.N.T. SRL has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from partition-magic.soft32.com.
Publisher:
I.T.N.T. SRL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f14cf8438382d58a0052f84ac773bbe7

SHA-1:
03a13f4da893062bb79be58ae079f2c65e145113

SHA-256:
243041ca826c6e7b9da9f16578d97218b5fc0dc9fedd74d99366803c35796fee

Scanner detections:
19 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 12:39:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Soft32Downloader
2015.02.11

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Kranet.ponai
7.11.209.90

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
150203-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3202

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Kranet.K
21032

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9692
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Soft32Downloader.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Soft32Downloader
2/10/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Dialer
13.194.14927

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AdBundle
v2015.02.10.05

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!78247CE2830F
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Html.SoftDownload.cvvset
0.30.0.65070

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloader.Bundler.Soft32
15.2.10.17

Sophos
Generic PUA EL
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.E8DC1ED9
7.2.41

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.E8DC1ED9
10.465.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.42610
2.0.0.2061

File size:
1021.8 KB (1,046,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\partition-magic.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/3/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, STREET=Str. Costache Negri Nr 9 Apartament 1, L=Sibiu, S=RO, PostalCode=550402, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
5C97D3EAAA49D29938CA0FA32520A363

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 2:03:42 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:D31+pB0ibjPAnXNOJW7jIJaET1PfuVDCzsOmQFM8u2f:h4+ib8XNV704CFUCQ9PS

Entry address:
0x30E2

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, E4, 42, 00, E8, 95, 2D, 00, 00, A3, A4, E3, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, E0, 87, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, DB, 42, 00, E8, 3F, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 2D, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9685

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file partition-magic.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://partition-magic.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../

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