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searchdeskbandhelper.exe

Softonic International SL

The application searchdeskbandhelper.exe by Softonic International SL has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘SearchDeskBand’.
Publisher:
Softonic International SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fce8f07a57c8d3719308ba7cb0b2890f

SHA-1:
4154332789f93d59cae53eb90de6e41414914e27

SHA-256:
69e0fc42bf0acc23180147e0a82a90eb0a57fae20a6a5fca365dcd9a88321c8d

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:
4/25/2024 8:00:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic (M)
15.12.31.17

File size:
2 MB (2,048,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\softonicsearchdeskbar\searchdeskbandhelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softonic International SL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softonic International SL, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
450E64A62C8F2C181037124BEAE4C8F3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/31/2013 4:16:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:MI0E0s5R2ol2M/BHk9i7FSlpqT4Z5ny+xC1:v0EWE2MRv7wusO1

Entry address:
0xC4E93

Entry point:
E8, D4, DD, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 54, E2, 5D, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 70, 6B, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 10, 50, 4C, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24...
 
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Entropy:
6.6139

Code size:
1.4 MB (1,497,600 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SearchDeskBand

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\softonicsearchdeskbar\searchdeskbandhelper.exe" -resident


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