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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:
4/14/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/15/2017 1:59:59 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:
52fe8bc4829fb8d1181a9bccba0ab092

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
showbox setup-5db301a4-dccf-4bf2-bf04-fca021e6d1fe.exe (Showbox by Software Assistant)  (b92899bd9cf8d97f89ac0dca25ffdd61)

1 / 68      (PUP)
showbox setup-3a44b2cf-b510-4400-b589-2ff109c97b69.exe (Showbox by Software Assistant)  (b8b581ca6fc956ec2295d82143a435ab)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (File Downloader by Software Assistant)  (a941b20b90ef84e4f5279e1677b64fe3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
picasa.exe (Picasa by Software Assistant)  (8168728abf0766546d7b7bfa0f360937)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (SoftZipper by Software Assistant)  (e543e2343745b7baca72945e441f2fe9)

1 / 68      (PUP)
winzip_setup.exe (WinZip by Software Assistant)  (097d2ddf9d381253c72aa4773265ed07)

1 / 68      (PUP)
winzip_setup.exe (WinZip by Software Assistant)  (571df8bb5a34425c403c3f9ab7cd66b7)

1 / 68      (PUP)
photofiltre_setup.exe (PhotoFiltre by Software Assistant)  (e82270133ef95ce5d2a4cb19b9925177)

1 / 68      (PUP)
minecraft_setup.exe (Minecraft by Software Assistant)  (cce07c6021c2eff40f02a98cb646b937)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (PDF Reader by Software Assistant)  (713858eaaebf76055f36609538cc6c79)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (PDF Reader by Software Assistant)  (49a17bd209598adc841325da55b63576)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (PDF Reader by Software Assistant)  (935471a2d6438b48b508198e5b26c470)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (SoftZipper by Software Assistant)  (972b850421365e064514e9e92c2758bf)

1 / 68      (PUP)
microsoft toolkit.exe (Microsoft Toolkit by Software Assistant)  (23211f51d0684b109076b7a839ff82a1)

1 / 68      (PUP)
terraria setup.exe (Terraria by Software Assistant)  (58bdf9ca6a63b5684a4761169e6282f5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (PDF Reader by Software Assistant)  (071cd756a2017dbc831cb1c289e63a9f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
adobe_flash_player.exe (Adobe Flash Player by Software Assistant)  (50357ef988bd882d34d44dd75f0c1577)

1 / 68      (PUP)
adobe_flash_player.exe (Adobe Flash Player by Software Assistant)  (da388def7c112a4ccf6236b8743ff15d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
mp3 rocket setup.exe (MP3 Rocket by Software Assistant)  (5e032995d2f76fe39f7b949f0b000897)

1 / 68      (PUP)
robloxsetup.exe (Roblox by Software Assistant)  (b1ba5f0f4d9f83c7b1fe90a600de26f2)

1 / 68      (PUP)
robloxsetup.exe (Roblox by Software Assistant)  (9aa7c15d05c5348ebfc8353af348edba)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (File Downloader by Software Assistant)  (0f35adf6b04fc32c194c47b9a3da2232)

1 / 68      (PUP)
tomtom home setup.exe (TomTom Home by Software Assistant)  (31dac95bda36c77ef791d7fde3d989f3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
setup.exe (PDF Reader by Software Assistant)  (d9a2fa72d7bcb4c2ea469ed1ef8a4b3d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
steam_setup.exe (Steam by Software Assistant)  (b67862112ad49f9fba6ecfc9ae4bd5bf)

1 / 68      (PUP)
picasa setup.exe (Picasa by Software Assistant)  (c86da42902ca874a59b531a5af9c360f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
googlechrome_setup.exe (Google Chrome by Software Assistant)  (b475fbf856287016ae7f9a8ddcbadb95)

1 / 68      (PUP)
free calculator 1.0.0.2.exe (Free Calculator 1.0.0.2 by Software Assistant)  (bb0fae343bc68db9cea7c7082251771b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
steam_setup.exe (Steam by Software Assistant)  (752a24875d8c3ccbf588e19d1f864df6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
incredimail_setup.exe (IncrediMail by Software Assistant)  (3810cb51d03051396580592867bc15c7)

 
Latest 30 of 8,018 files

Downloads URLs for files signed by Software Assistant.

1 / 68      (PUP)
http://everydownload.softwaredelivery17.com/v2/click/cfab8c37/?d=https://s3.amazonaws.com/latestversion/terraria-windows.zip&sid=Terraria-US&uid=12155344&key=c18f8b75a70e151e95bd1d26b87272f91ead23d5a45967a9ef653ea03bd9d338&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/wimagespb/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/29164115/product.png&n=Terraria&filename=Terraria Setup&done_url=http://tundra.site/pages/LM/LM_TYP.html&cancel_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../MLINT.html  (terraria setup.exe)

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)

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

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

4CA79E945D9BF961F2A3D5568DF82F28  (Jan 21, 2016 to Jan 21, 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 April 14, 2016 with the serial number '52fe8bc4829fb8d1181a9bccba0ab092'.
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