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skype.exe

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application skype.exe by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
AVSoftware EOOD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2b988a245cf9f01eb5f6d610dbb9e23b

SHA-1:
ee1b9ea727dde1c588e15a051a71313c856bc815

SHA-256:
d0d8e169104700b0adaacbc3043307dd1d8c9fe6b62284eaef7d0eedd89254c4

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 8:03:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftM8.A
v2014.06.08.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftwareEOOD.F
14.6.8.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1214
7.2.159

File size:
961.5 KB (984,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\skype.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/4/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Sofia, S=Sofia, C=BG

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:
0EB840FECC84AE6DCA7A92109E2314ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2013 6:39:15 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+2V9uSWpPUQOiydvby0yzz3k12grzM+lylqqdEyB2uH+62p9vES0i9R:+6ufPUQNGqngv2Yqjsp6C990g

Entry address:
0x2FEB50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 61, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, DE, FF, C7, 87, 18, CA, 26, 00, 24, 67, A0, F8, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9219

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
936 KB (958,464 bytes)

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