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Downloadious

The application setup.exe by Downloadious has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from 5softwaredreams.com.
Publisher:
Downloadious  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4f60a3be93ffc2cae212474a6ff8bc2e

SHA-1:
643912e581ef53b4917c891df2f0dfc4d738f9e6

SHA-256:
d8629621a12cafb6b5bf4188df2d126806c82641ff8950ce67ff136c6743a510

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:
6/3/2024 2:29:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloadius.Installer (M)
16.6.29.2

File size:
607.5 KB (622,040 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Downloadious

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
1/13/2015 3:35:38 AM

Valid to:
10/17/2015 10:14:29 PM

Subject:
CN=Downloadious, O=Downloadious, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
14C96493466331C1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 8:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:00guAyJoE9+qkuF35fG6ZxcsuFMWEqY23a/sCX8eYGWVx+O0t442d:/DAUoMvkqdehP3a/YNVxI4

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9394

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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

http://5softwaredreams.com/.../cw?enc=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