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pdf-convert.exe

InstallShield

United Starex Limited

The application pdf-convert.exe by United Starex Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the InstallShield Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pdf-convert.net.
Publisher:
Macrovision Corporation  (signed by United Starex Limited)

Product:
InstallShield (R)

Description:
Setup.exe

Version:
10.50.125

MD5:
6de40aa48e59e7dec14eefd5791b8a3b

SHA-1:
7041d4ac749f43dcdb4576ad9cb09b4b0db45466

SHA-256:
0d8f50200f8790bfb2f0bf1afdc4183206f3567830bd161760afcae2607331cb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 8:40:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UnitedStarex.MacrovisionCorporation.Installer.Meta (M)
16.2.27.17

File size:
10 MB (10,435,536 bytes)

Product version:
10.50

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2004 Macrovision Corporation

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
InstallShield Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdf-convert.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
United Starex Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/27/2011 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=United Starex Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=United Starex Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

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:
6A89ECC09433127281B9C060C25A41E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2004 3:20:02 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:/WTz+2M1RYZsLT+snTOqqvhNFnBFEq931Sfknz1XMvMf5Dd6SXZWKows:/Wn7Ze+sTOJVAw34fknpcvMfdQSXZWKu

Entry address:
0xCE02

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 56, FF, 15, 58, 21, 41, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 08, 6A, FF, FF, 15, 54, 21, 41, 00, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 88, 22, 41, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 50, 21, 41, 00, F6, 45, E8, 01, 5F, 74, 06, 0F, B7, 45, EC, EB, 03, 6A, 0A, 58, 50, 56, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9910

Packer / compiler:
InstallShield Custom

Code size:
66.5 KB (68,096 bytes)

The file pdf-convert.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.pdf-convert.net/PDF-Convert.exe

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