totalpdfconverter.exe

Total PDF Converter

Softplicity, Inc.

The application totalpdfconverter.exe, “Total PDF Converter Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from total-pdf-converter.softonic.com.
Publisher:
Softplicity, Inc.

Product:
Total PDF Converter

Description:
Total PDF Converter Setup

MD5:
f1d7b99cab6f06f6a8b85867ac3cd1f0

SHA-1:
cec798e3869746b75719b6dd1e3f83d18a1eba2d

SHA-256:
c355d6128de4c42363679e2f827905f5410a5120a3fd55f6433e3036140295b2

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
5/10/2024 10:43:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
16.1.30.13

File size:
5.1 MB (5,392,914 bytes)

Product version:
2.8

Copyright:
Copyright @ 2005 Softplicity, Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\totalpdfconverter.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2015 8:54:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:O4oLr8n0zpQELfDSp3+nC4myIy6bYKCthWsmaj11D7tfrFu:O4oX80WGfWgnoyIXcXhWJaJ1NTFu

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 34, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

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