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softonicassistant.exe

Softonic International SA

The application softonicassistant.exe by Softonic International SA has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘SoftonicAssistant’.
Publisher:
Softonic International SA  (signed and verified)

Version:
0.2.3.0

MD5:
58233eb03ed11bfad2cb9a1c5a82f617

SHA-1:
5082897f409ab7be96d00793272dd6caff76ed2a

SHA-256:
5e95d072e2d463abfc49e7e8291df4340c882e6c5186592fbf8e15af8c7d2d06

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/18/2024 6:55:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic (M)
16.12.12.10

File size:
1.8 MB (1,846,216 bytes)

Product version:
0.2.3.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Softonic.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International SA

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/14/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/15/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softonic International SA, O=Softonic International SA, 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:
4D29D6E70680A46F4373C81F530344D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/18/2016 5:55:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x10B9CF

Entry point:
E8, 8D, F9, 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, 09, FA, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 18, 39, 45, FC, 74, 13, E8, 17, 22, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0A, E8, 0E, 22, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, FC, 89, 08, 8B, C6, 5E, C9, C3, CC, CC, CC, 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, 54, C8, 59, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, 32, FA, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9...
 
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Entropy:
6.7201

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,319,424 bytes)

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

Name:
SoftonicAssistant

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\softonicassistant\softonicassistant.exe"


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