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spotify.exe

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application spotify.exe by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It uses the InstallCore monetization download manager to download additional third party applications that may be unwanted by the user. The file has been seen being downloaded from dsu7x9k8c43un.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
AVSoftware EOOD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b3df207b302279739fd558531cbec9bd

SHA-1:
c2f8825b2f78e4b31da10242901bb4f2a86f0ea7

SHA-256:
f19fc6f06b5b8bbf01b01b94f17c8533af7c7e47d5c0e8392b6bdee9ca21eb3c

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:26:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftM8.A
v2015.08.17.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM11.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftware EOOD.AVSoftwareEOOD (M)
15.8.17.10

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

File size:
960 KB (983,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\spotify.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/5/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/4/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Sofia, S=Sofia, C=BG

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:
0EB840FECC84AE6DCA7A92109E2314ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/23/2014 2:12:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:22V9uSWpPUQOiydvby0yzz3k12grzM+lylqqdEyB2uH+6PoeN/8siAveO:26ufPUQNGqngv2Yqjsp6P3ri/O

Entry address:
0x3004E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 61, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, DE, FF, C7, 87, 18, CA, 26, 00, 07, 10, C2, 4A, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.9209

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
936 KB (958,464 bytes)

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

https://dsu7x9k8c43un.cloudfront.net/spotify.exe

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