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softonicupdate.exe

Softonic International

The application softonicupdate.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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Softonic International  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c49076109376047a81cab0d79eda16f4

SHA-1:
51e57864f84fb64b919fab844573c445b2fc965f

SHA-256:
12b7387c30afc80e426696b7f5b295e281a0a31df70867efc7ab06485b4ba966

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:25:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Bundler.PPI.Softonic.O
14.2.24.2

File size:
27.1 MB (28,425,744 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softonic International

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/3/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 12:59:59 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:
2/24/2012 8:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:vyS/2lU1uMAlgoQpZCZPORDsddlI31bxU4:6U2lUg93QpZfRD+wb

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9971

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

The file softonicupdate.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/c27/b97/.../file?nvb=20140207083732&nva=20140207203832&token=0314ae44bbcf71e714d46&id_file=69675576&channel=WEB_SD&instance=softonic_en&type=RECOFFER&fdh=no&SD_used=1&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-7.exe

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com//c27/b97/.../file?id_file=69675576&channel=WEB_SD&instance=softonic_en&type=RECOFFER&fdh=no&SD_used=1&Expires=1391227631&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJUA62FNWTI37JTGQ&Signature=V7oF94RORlHRfIlM57am8IbWjxqgEjv~0g1sQjw1GedKxUjkNN103VV7QTAU0cvBIC5fL-ENpg0Tq3L65~KUeX7sudzXCvcaxiHqCvRZlqNybvP39sKiQe-1f5CPnOdzd8uefWsi8t5zTadRph0730WkN3C95uU0n2y0~5qz23s_&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-7.exe

http://download.informer.com/.../softonic_en_1-5-7.exe

http://softonic2.software.informer.com/.../

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