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Softonic International

The application Softonic.exe by Softonic International has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softonic Downloader installer. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Softonic for Windows’. This file is typically installed with the program Softonic for Windows by Softonic International S.L..
Publisher:
Softonic  (signed by Softonic International)

Product:
Softonic

Version:
1, 5, 7, 0

MD5:
850a67dbca1469a90f75f76e39946e57

SHA-1:
47da0d89c879403381dc4a0848fb03e982ebef2a

SHA-256:
0d35733ee57ad5411ca85643a118ae52ff340ea56e087e7e6095aaa45bcb4a1f

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:46:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAutoA
1.3.0.4923

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.Softonic.I
14.2.22.13

File size:
3.9 MB (4,140,016 bytes)

Product version:
1, 5, 7, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012

Original file name:
Softonic.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softonic Downloader

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\softonic\softonic.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/2/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/7/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softonic International, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softonic International, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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:
2A56CB1B389346B3ED08FF404A771E62

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/17/2014 11:46:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:vPqIHVrcGEkBbxwKRL1Ij0XQ1E1L/p5f/Vty2feYmvMlLr6LLLXLL1LLLegLL+wL:F1qSzQ1E1bp9nl4P2BOhERxDhqv

Entry address:
0x18E182

Entry point:
E8, E3, FE, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, 8D, 45, FC, 50, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 5F, FF, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 18, 39, 45, FC, 74, 13, E8, 86, 24, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0A, E8, 7D, 24, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, FC, 89, 08, 8B, C6, 5E, C9, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, E0, 10, 77, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, 8B, FF, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.7253

Code size:
2.5 MB (2,656,768 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Softonic for Windows

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\softonic\softonic.exe" -minimize


The file Softonic.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Softonic for Windows  by Softonic International S.L.
Publisher's description - “Discover great software as well as amazing editorial reviews, tips, tutorials and videos right on your PC desktop. It doesn’t matter what you use your PC for, with Softonic you will be able to find new software from the huge selection of the Softonic catalogue.”
en.softonic.com/about
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-72-9-115.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.72.9.115:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to largedownloads.ea.com.akadns.net  (159.153.229.71:80)

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