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settingsmanager.exe

Cloud Software

The application settingsmanager.exe by Cloud Software 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 ‘Settings Manager’.
Publisher:
Cloud Software  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ad869227db411c72be9086d4d5ede21a

SHA-1:
b52ea7e8fdfd8e447c857aa24b9ea7f4be517307

SHA-256:
a578edcda4e9f7865d5aec00ef5e0c258f58e94928eff5c1db6670505cd11674

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/12/2024 6:43:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
17.3.8.11

File size:
1.5 MB (1,596,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\settings manager\settingsmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cloud Software

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
3/8/2016 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/7/2017 12:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Cloud Software, O=Cloud Software, L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
09C8D9FCE70C8F921CB55912E7F1B2DE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2017 10:25:21 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xCF1A9

Entry point:
E8, 9A, 9E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 0A, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 14, A1, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DF, FF, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, B8, FF, FF, 00, 00, 8B, C8, 83, EC, 14, 66, 39, 4D, 08, 0F, 84, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 53, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, 57, E9, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 8B, 51, 14, 33, DB, 3B, D3, 75, 14, 8B, 45, 08, 8D, 48, BF, 66, 83, F9, 19, 77, 03, 83, C0, 20, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 61, 56, B8, 00, 01, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 66, 39, 75, 08, 5E, 73, 29, 8D...
 
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Code size:
1001 KB (1,025,024 bytes)

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

Name:
Settings Manager

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\settings manager\settingsmanager.exe" \autostart \restart


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