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simcity 2000 setup.exe

Zulu Soft SRL

This the Soft32 ad-supported download manager that bundles additional PUP offers. "During the download process we may show commercial offers, such as a toolbar or other browser add-ons. The download manager is in no way affiliated or endorsed by the author of this product." The application simcity 2000 setup.exe by Zulu Soft SRL has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from simcity.soft32.com.
Publisher:
Zulu Soft SRL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c65c5be96beb7e6cfd8ea9df7aa3faed

SHA-1:
36e7daf236e46705d088f2e3e3f42cbfc7b4c9a6

SHA-256:
1c513d626e6ecc9ac56e38352d49cfea01789f398aae247ca097dfa63e1419d6

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The setup file is part of the Soft32.com download and install manager. It is an ad-supported installer and attempts to get the user to install various adware toolbars, browser add-ons, game applications or other potentially unwanted programs. If a sponsored software offer such as a toolbar is installed it might change the User’s home page, default search settings and 404 traffic. Note, the software installed by Soft32 is probably safe, just the installer is unwanted.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:38:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.170.236

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Soft32Downloader
8.10371

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of free video catcher setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.4.4

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Soft32
v2014.09.11.08

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downloader.cvxhzw
0.28.2.61942

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ZuluSoftSRL.S
14.9.11.8

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.B132687A
7.2.254

VIPRE Antivirus
Soft32Downloader
32824

File size:
844.8 KB (865,112 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\simcity 2000 setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zulu Soft SRL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/4/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Zulu Soft SRL, O=Zulu Soft SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO, SERIALNUMBER=J32/987/2007, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=RO

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

Serial number:
22D4D7E5042BE9C2999CB05C4CA2BB4F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/20/2013 7:53:02 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Q8P5WL11hzb/ujoHQAihnOKURJ/CxmNB:T851h/1HZQOzRJqc

Entry address:
0x310B

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, EC, 42, 00, E8, 6E, 2D, 00, 00, A3, A4, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, E0, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, E3, 42, 00, E8, 18, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 06, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9600

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file simcity 2000 setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://simcity.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../

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