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softonicdownloader_for_tomtom-home.exe

Application Installer

Softonic International

This is the Download Manager localized to Španelština that bundles the original software from the Softonic.com web site along with additional offers, mostly ad-supported browser extensions and utilities. While the original product is most likely clean, the Softonic Downloader is considered a PUP. The application softonicdownloader_for_tomtom-home.exe by Softonic International has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softonic Downloader installer.
Publisher:
Softonic International  (signed and verified)

Product:
Application Installer

Version:
1.41.7.14

MD5:
39f09cee5e9e59e7927acc28017e51bf

SHA-1:
d4bb0584f11b71840045dd37aee99e560d809b98

SHA-256:
7b3de091202236123611a09a93c31006832931b1174e72f8bf2169c780284cee

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Softonic Downloader is a download and install manager that provides users to the Softonic web site the ability to download 3rd-party software. During the installation the installer will show sponsored offers such as adware type toolbars and web browser extensions as well as other potentially unwanted applications. This type of software is typically known as an adware co-bundler. The downloader does not modify the original software.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 6:41:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.8855
9.0.1.0242

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftonicDownloader.G potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Adware.Softonic
15.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of softonicdownloader_para_torch-browser.exe (PUP)
2015.8.30.10

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13840

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.1503

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Softonic
v2015.08.30.10

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dhiitm
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softonic.Bundler (M)
15.7.27.20

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786139
34232

File size:
362.1 KB (370,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.41.7.14

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softonic Downloader

Language:
Španelština (Španelsko, mezinárodní razení)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\softonicdownloader_for_tomtom-home.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/3/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 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:
67C1FF44C765ABDA26027A6DCA52BA11

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2014 9:57:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zVqrLBntGBgs97a1m9OXpHUJ1fjDbYBuASOqInagFEJ/A9L9PyIMsw5oS7lavB2l:BGLKiJOOX9CjIdRagFEJ/AbPW5oS7l4y

Entry address:
0xFAF30

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, F5, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 3E, 89, 0F, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 29, EF, 04, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
320 KB (327,680 bytes)

The file softonicdownloader_for_tomtom-home.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://tomtom-home.en.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch?WL=2381

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