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softonicdownloader_para_mycam.exe

Application Installer

Softonic International

This is the Download Manager localized to Spanish 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_para_mycam.exe by Softonic International has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softonic Downloader installer.

File name:

Publisher:

Softonic International (signed and verified)

Product:

Application Installer

Version:

1.41.8.1

MD5:

5dae3b37bb8067750c061daa014d628b

SHA-1:

ceec9617c19994797dfb2ae62e94e95d72fe4306

SHA-256:

71cfc3e9ba0cfbb078996d4be811da0d304b8a097b3dbfb965c2abf96e9a21ab

Scanner detections:

1 / 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:

5/16/2024 6:52:50 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Softonic.Bundler (M)

16.5.21.0

File size:

362.3 KB (371,024 bytes)

Product version:

1.41.8.1

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Softonic Downloader

Language:

Spanish

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\softonicdownloader_para_mycam.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:

11/5/2014 3:57:49 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:LpTXJ+9fqk0WeLCvPBIS4bd8N5GnzTZXdlZLWcI0aR46FllDsbBkDaYRLX8ToSsI:R7Sz/GnL00aR46FllDoBqf76oSsi8O

Entry address:

0xFA080

Entry point:

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Code size:

320 KB (327,680 bytes)

The file softonicdownloader_para_mycam.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://mycam.softonic.com/universaldownloader-launch

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