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pdfcreator.exe

PDF Pro 10

Software Marketing Ltd

The application pdfcreator.exe by Software Marketing 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 trial.pdfpro10.com.
Publisher:
PDF Pro Software  (signed by Software Marketing Ltd)

Product:
PDF Pro 10

Description:
PDF Pro 10 Trial

Version:
8.0.410.0

MD5:
1b0226feb11a1cc3bda4531d50a4574d

SHA-1:
a93da6043139f1b9bd5410b65e1049e96a8f4226

SHA-256:
f7606baa47c006fa268fe645d50467e2ba4a4fc02da274d6330581263fb69b24

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/12/2025 12:40:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftwareMarketing.PDFProSoftware.Installer.Meta (L)
15.12.6.21

File size:
47.8 MB (50,075,224 bytes)

Product version:
10.8

Copyright:
Copyright © PDF Pro Software 2012

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdfcreator.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Software Marketing Ltd

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/18/2012 8:52:28 PM

Valid to:
6/14/2013 1:59:41 AM

Subject:
CN=Software Marketing Ltd, O=Software Marketing Ltd, L=Hong Kong, S=HK, C=HK

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
0810F8CE27C48A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2012 9:26:51 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:FvML7yC1dU6BMQYGd72RRg87nAhV8t63e8EOeRfXm+yDQG5FYfsxYbtA8rOFArmI:xML7y8dhB09Vt6SRfXmnQGnYfeYbtANK

Entry address:
0x4A407

Entry point:
E8, 13, A4, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 20, B1, 4A, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 20, B1, 4A, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9973  (probably packed)

Code size:
527 KB (539,648 bytes)

The file pdfcreator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://trial.pdfpro10.com/pdfcreator.exe

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