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HOW SOFT

Publisher Information

HOW SOFT is a software publisher located in Guro-gu, Seoul in Korea*. The publisher primarily developes software that can be classified as adware. Thre are 2 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/31/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/3/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=HOW SOFT, OU=IT Team, O=HOW SOFT, L=Guro-gu, S=SEOUL, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7ba3f775c5d05768f56f97039538592c

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication.HOWSOFT.Installer (M), PUP.Hue Communication.HOWSOFT (M), PUP.Hue Communication (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (780215452fc0abe1fb4ecb3cbf54ec5a)

1 / 68      (PUP)
kth_opensearch_fsetup.exe  (31fbd9e3ffbe56d86adc2115eeffc58c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
fdup.exe.fileget (FDUp by CIPHER LOGIS)  (8df321b6f4e502ed639d97d96d6fb0b6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (d20246b40fa65783643a46222a220052)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (44827962f197756697532eabb31b33a5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
FDUpdate.exe (FDUpdate by CIPHER LOGIS)  (424a97be9019a7dffad30726a770fc91)

1 / 68      (PUP)
kth_opensearch_fsetup.exe  (475d56189757bf16509c9b5f7e086c31)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodec_update.exe (by HowSoft)  (c3558900b36a7b1b3de0f4949233e63c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
schannel.dll  (806a515783c10b6c8406a6a605d6626b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (668f61d8dfe53706c544527100f00f8c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
HowcodecOpen.exe (HowcodecOpen by HowSoft)  (11c8e5c2f78759c1263d10b10bc07b53)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (db512ed5cf891fbbad617332f019495d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (b3283fb0c1e0104f6bd614f191a5e1c8)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (14fc08814dc33fc7584b1e157d3bd306)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (c545131e90fd6272e0cf661c022f7098)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (41cc599d773fdb23c2dcf3689ba99bdd)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (a3c73f32c25650f21c31f47bef1287ed)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (2484fd43ea378d7c1fede3cf87db268a)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (99d5883e189a16c6a44c622f7606dba2)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (fe7c77ad41e07d00a21540d14bc00710)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecapp.exe  (8516f9895403abdc29c9260de203e1ca)

1 / 68      (PUP)
kth_opensearch_fsetup.exe  (3afff4c0b78a85c59acbf04483e5b27b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (b85e10095a7ef37431d8ffb60956c00f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe.part0  (38cf64d174663256dc2a13873aab4ece)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (be15a05c430cb9801274c48c8fae886a)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodec_update.exe (by HowSoft)  (933d42498f0cabf57df0d02ca91357d0)

1 / 68      (PUP)
Howcodecopen.exe  (743b8f72ae7daf213adc490b85bff0ca)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (d00a72fd6db5f2681c7d2cbd8249606a)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe.part0  (782db1c344d96a8946dff82a710e5f08)

1 / 68      (PUP)
howcodecsetup.exe  (aafb2ec34b6d7acbf60a8d7f5ec5083a)

 
Latest 30 of 138 files

The certificates below are also signed by HOW SOFT.

567C8147E85208EFCE0495C1D8AC015F  (Nov 28, 2011 to Jan 27, 2013)

3B9817FBE154B0346689E1852F9704A7  (Dec 16, 2010 to Dec 17, 2011)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to HOW SOFT by Thawte, Inc. on January 31, 2013 with the serial number '7ba3f775c5d05768f56f97039538592c'.
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