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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from mysweetsoftware2.com.
Publisher:
Downloadious  (signed and verified)

MD5:
492db6e8a1fb42876061997f5fba05c3

SHA-1:
bb05c4570915608240706136ff82336c33417332

SHA-256:
d569f4a6894e993b0cb8472afbb33927c99b39e89f996e43bd11661779b7adfb

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:
4/19/2024 4:25:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Downloadius.Installer (M)
16.7.5.0

File size:
750.3 KB (768,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Downloadious

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
1/12/2015 9:35:38 PM

Valid to:
10/17/2015 4:14:29 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:
7/26/2014 4:58:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:O/yvPri3XknUvxnSQ6zeLFqXB3ZlpPwDrIMTDPpv3J6RliL63ct4vZBhjD:OKXriHkUvdSBeL0TBwDr9x07i8c2vXh/

Entry address:
0x35B7

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, E0, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B4, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 05, 47, 00, E8, 62, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, 00, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 24, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 0C, 86, 40, 00, 68, 00, 85, 46, 00, E8, 32, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 20, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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

http://mysweetsoftware2.com/download/.../814?lpm_id=9

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