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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. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. 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:
88651761a69cbaf163f14c8599618f98

SHA-1:
c7dcab543bb643502d69d02c7478357245de7b46

SHA-256:
94dcebfdf5a1ff292c3cb6aefca8b721e4ab798c0c600d48ce0401f4ed7fa2cc

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:
4/25/2024 8:07:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Bundler.PPI.Softonic.O
14.2.15.13

File size:
27.1 MB (28,427,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 2:59:59 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 10:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:9zDDS/2lUs4MAlgoQpZCZPORDsddlI31bxUj:B/U2lUt93QpZfRD+wg

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  (probably packed)

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

The file softonicupdate.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 9 URLs.

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/c7d/cab/.../file?nvb=20140323102236&nva=20140323222336&token=06a20bff249c49c911798&id_file=333076&channel=WEB&instance=softonic_en&type=SFW&fdh=no&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-9.exe

http://en.softonic.com/sads/tracker.php?ev=c&co=LK&sid=98d078e8b6cd9824e8270289a22d7bb5&upv=ac04f0d79744288a876b6eb7d32a7de0&z=results&sk=0&abt=&params=F39B2A32BFC101987B1458170C278E03DC3608583A4C2E1EA0D90D9622D6EA0267F40A528461FD9E0563505B29DE11738543FD8E4587E60A5860FE3547231BBDD2F241B2E37B01FE0B5157C7EE7215A60108FF42C9729793BB1DE3D0E75A0887B8BDC8E98F066E6063C0E8A41F6F9AD4B7795BD517AB5859053029818A119F5753FAC2AF89CED9130953420D4C031816F28AC961F3E06473BAD82BC0B5734639916A3DECBC01009E0519F00BEBBC64EB&h=FA1360144869C39B2776526E07F317E889E7CA3ABF9EF388F3E6F4DBC5A3C9F0&directdownload=1&f=333076&d=http://dplus.en.softonic.com/.../333076?type=ADS&hot=1

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

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/c7d/cab/.../file?nvb=20140320075937&nva=20140320200037&token=08627bd9e93ff1045b937&id_file=333076&channel=WEB&instance=softonic_en&type=SFW&fdh=no&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-9.exe

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/c7d/cab/.../file?nvb=20140314120700&nva=20140315000800&token=0cc067622e25e996d9784&id_file=333076&channel=WEB&instance=softonic_en&type=SFW&fdh=no&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-9.exe

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/c7d/cab/.../file?nvb=20140225113920&nva=20140225234020&token=0bbe5c4cdacbfd5813b6a&id_file=333076&channel=WEB&instance=softonic_en&type=SFW&fdh=no&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-9.exe

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/c7d/cab/.../file?nvb=20140221182943&nva=20140222063043&token=09674b626aa3c9358aa0f&id_file=333076&channel=WEB&instance=softonic_en&type=SFW&fdh=no&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-9.exe

http://global-shared-files-l3.softonic.com/c7d/cab/.../file?nvb=20140221182556&nva=20140222062656&token=0c3e15821e228c99f525c&id_file=333076&channel=WEB&instance=softonic_en&type=SFW&fdh=no&filename=Softonic_EN_1-5-9.exe

http://dplus.en.softonic.com/.../333076?type=SFW

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