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PDManager.exe

Premier Download Manager

Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

The application PDManager.exe by Hudson Exchange Group 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 file is typically installed with the program Premier Download Manager by Mindspark Interactive Network which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Installer Technology ©  (signed by Hudson Exchange Group, LLC)

Product:
Premier Download Manager

Description:
PDManager

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
b0612054202e07b2b0404ebaeca861a1

SHA-1:
d419ed52359e9ddc987d7990f20e25d53431ee9a

SHA-256:
35405d253a14c8e948bb599084c3c267f4a0c02ba07230e34c4eb666ee9cb893

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 1:26:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.3.18

File size:
728.4 KB (745,920 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology © 2014

Original file name:
PDManager.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\premierdownloadmanager\pdmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hudson Exchange Group, LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/11/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/1/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", O="Hudson Exchange Group, LLC", L=Woodcliff Lake, S=New Jersey, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5B78F4208F4D587B6FA9A6AF8EC8FD12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/19/2014 7:29:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8xdnlGdC5AfYuC6fNM8Xw/8OTICwt9JipYyF:8vMBC6fNM8Xw/8EzcYeyF

Entry address:
0xABD6E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
679.5 KB (695,808 bytes)

The file PDManager.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Premier Download Manager  by Mindspark Interactive Network
This is a download manager program that bundles an extra search extension. This potentially unwanted web browser extension will modify the web browser home page and search provider to Ask.com.
free.premierdownloadmanager.com
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