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sharp xea113 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe

Download Manager

LiveSoftAction

The program utilizes the Appscion Download and Install manager, an adware distribution bundler from SIEN SA. The setup program includes ad-supported toolbars and utilities. The application sharp xea113 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe by LiveSoftAction 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 Sien AppScion Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from stapi.appscion.com.
Publisher:
LiveSoftAction  (signed and verified)

Product:
Download Manager

Version:
1.0.11.0

MD5:
be814bc34a692261fbe5aa40fa8abbd8

SHA-1:
a092b3a9e5b874bf5d67fd5efccd6abcebfdfdaf

SHA-256:
aa171731c6a866625f4809e0d8f9d46372720d7df465ee8a973a1cd57f5d5abf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer that uses the Appscion to bundle adware.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:02:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.LiveSoftAction.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.1

File size:
676.6 KB (692,856 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.11.0

Copyright:
(c) LiveSoftAction. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Sien AppScion Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sharp xea113 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/5/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/6/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction, OU=SienAppNetwork, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=LiveSoftAction, L=Bucharest, S=functiune, C=RO

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:
17E4CA22DB0D2CFD73BAACB9BD605BF7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/7/2014 3:03:56 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:SahUOV7c8TazefLtNUH56qcK/k+0sV8YBytOqDxy9087:SXOVw8TzLt1DvsKXtlDxyL7

Entry address:
0x18D860

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 4F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, F0, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
580 KB (593,920 bytes)

The file sharp xea113 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stapi.appscion.com/api/.../setup.exe

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