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Software Assistant

Publisher Information

Software Assistant is a software publisher located in Newark, Delaware in the United States*. A majority of the programs developed by the company can be classified as adware or other potentially unwanted programs. Thre are 9 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/22/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/22/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Software Assistant, O=Software Assistant, L=Newark, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4ca79e945d9bf961f2a3d5568df82f28

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
vlc_setup.exe (VLC Media Player by Software Assistant)  (fa5b3393f2354a9ad15fb7ef7d6c5a44)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ccleaner 2015 setup.exe (CCleaner by Software Assistant)  (6699a7305cfbc656b0ba5fd700b5c358)

1 / 68      (PUP)
thunderbird_setup.exe (Thunderbird by Software Assistant)  (e954684997cccb60de8081f18cb2fa81)

1 / 68      (PUP)
daemontoolslite_setup.exe (DAEMON Tools Lite by Software Assistant)  (bccaf4dd280d01a82a591e649ed34055)

1 / 68      (PUP)
audacity_setup.exe (Audacity by Software Assistant)  (b94c25b2fa72b721c1299917f43b6bc0)

1 / 68      (PUP)
libreoffice_setup.exe (LibreOffice by Software Assistant)  (5e703930626d560474554b285adb3e28)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (SoftZipper by Software Assistant)  (756c5efe32779dacf64c188b8591feb5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vlc_setup.exe (VLC Media Player by Software Assistant)  (3976acf156e8c2dbf5107618f3157ca8)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vlc_setup.exe (VLC Media Player by Software Assistant)  (37dc0906df8f4f0992863549d5df486f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vlc_setup.exe (VLC Media Player by Software Assistant)  (b0d5885fa59edcae924097864e01c26f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
javaplatformseupdatesetup.exe (Java Platform SE by Software Assistant)  (3449687140b5510f380518361c7b7b10)

1 / 68      (PUP)
adobereaderupdatesetup.exe (Adobe Reader by Software Assistant)  (747aabc2b7a489a9747d17ce60dd3132)

1 / 68      (PUP)
google_chrome_setup.exe (Chrome by Software Assistant)  (4a2d135920aa51c409accc3fc5b55bca)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (SoftZipper by Software Assistant)  (d27bf9fb0fda4c17cd4a1b098619458b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
mp3 rocket setup.exe (MP3 Rocket by Software Assistant)  (f659d17ec8ccc4759e32d4c9f500b402)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (Windows%207%20Activation%20Remove%20WAT%20v2.2.8.2 by Software Assistant)  (e3e7630ec17efb456de051ea5fb2f737)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (INDESIT WIDL 106 user guide by Software Assistant)  (57f4ac7de160d8f7f8a43598d6649935)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (INDESIT WIDL 106 user guide by Software Assistant)  (97c759430b59f3aa9fcbca503905267b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (SoftZipper by Software Assistant)  (059ec19d49e79f0fe44d40aaff090591)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (PDF Reader by Software Assistant)  (93e98906deb89ae5961ef69e513e12a6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
internet_explorer_setup.exe (Internet Explorer by Software Assistant)  (f52ae0ff75970a7f2dba67ee77d19d46)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (SoftZipper by Software Assistant)  (75293bb0116ebf57a00e87f9d226cd33)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (PDF Reader by Software Assistant)  (0990af009ab8f169b44d05df56f75f46)

1 / 68      (PUP)
asio4all setup.exe (Asio4ALL by Software Assistant)  (99c64796a2b02b7e71500f74b29a930c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
chrome_setup.exe (Google Chrome by Software Assistant)  (0b042c654e4ff09573e78a29b2fdaf1c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
itunessetup.exe (Apple iTunes by Software Assistant)  (eb73c5d1075f24b0b379dcb833409f41)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (Roblox by Software Assistant)  (74ed95626fa6e6fe645ae6ac2c41c79d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
googleearth_setup.exe (Google Earth by Software Assistant)  (a82e3a090c7355792a9cbaa22f15ba5e)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cdburnerxp_setup.exe (CDBurnerXP by Software Assistant)  (92d5939e39b3b461b043b8676842d5e4)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cdburnerxp_setup.exe (CDBurnerXP by Software Assistant)  (9d4370c14a593a75e2f83f3911941540)

 
Latest 30 of 28,292 files

The certificates below are also signed by Software Assistant.

3FE05A6701BBEA463F5E2A83742F7A6C  (Jun 23, 2016 to Jun 24, 2017)

61E4AD0C981036BAEEDD2167F8E75D85  (Jun 20, 2016 to Jun 15, 2017)

5E20963D8600576BB605A10CBE45F3D8  (May 15, 2016 to May 16, 2017)

59A6981BC18C2F2821C39B61D76FE155  (May 02, 2016 to May 03, 2017)

6D2793404CAC5DD87A134CEBB2D8D3EC  (Apr 20, 2016 to Apr 21, 2017)

52FE8BC4829FB8D1181A9BCCBA0AB092  (Apr 13, 2016 to Apr 14, 2017)

6E81181925B378772EC89B6B1E523E5F  (Apr 04, 2016 to Apr 05, 2017)

10763DDB3C7A5D96E17EBF9D5DCA598F  (Mar 11, 2016 to Mar 12, 2017)

53285F5F42262CAC7FF10EA4113D53ED  (Nov 22, 2015 to Nov 22, 2016)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Software Assistant by Symantec Corporation on January 22, 2016 with the serial number '4ca79e945d9bf961f2a3d5568df82f28'.
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