personal_architect_english.exe

Personal Architect 4

Cadsoft Corporation

The application personal_architect_english.exe, “Cadsoft Installation ” by Cadsoft has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Cadsoft   (signed by Cadsoft Corporation)

Product:
Personal Architect 4

Description:
Cadsoft Installation

Version:
9.1

MD5:
de4152d5ae8949d5bfde10e0f664b1c4

SHA-1:
b6435b43592f1bea8ccf0a273d1703cc9d1d94bf

SHA-256:
545104b3587abc87020fc3fb02c83e638e3c46cbb7796d0944dfdcca0197a42e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/24/2024 5:36:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.CadsoftCorporation
15.2.14.11

File size:
624.6 MB (654,915,528 bytes)

Product version:
9.1

Copyright:
All rights reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/20/2013 12:12:34 PM

Valid to:
4/29/2014 3:19:36 PM

Subject:
E=support@cadsoft.com, CN=Cadsoft Corporation, O=Cadsoft Corporation, L=Guelph, S=ON, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C99A0EE50EAE61988108EAA29964845E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/14/2013 11:48:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12582912:jlYMop/geXqZQjKUpQyOl8201XaTW+caKagYfcEpWF:jlEpyZQmEp1K9c6m

Entry address:
0x1808F

Entry point:
E8, 6A, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 38, 73, 42, 00, E8, 97, F9, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, E8, AB, 1C, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 04, D4, 42, 00, BA, 00, D4, 42, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, D2, F2, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 86, F9, FF, FF, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 76, 1B, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
8.0000  (probably packed)

Code size:
123 KB (125,952 bytes)

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