winrar setup.exe

I.T.N.T. SRL

This the Soft32 ad-supported download manager that bundles additional PUP offers. "During the download process we may show commercial offers, such as a toolbar or other browser add-ons. The download manager is in no way affiliated or endorsed by the author of this product." The application winrar setup.exe by I.T.N.T. SRL has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Soft32 Download Manager installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
I.T.N.T. SRL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
546172a6b367a870d62a1b32db36d1de

SHA-1:
3da5fe55545e1005ee826046ae033478edba173e

SHA-256:
dd4cb5fe2f173e973038b91e6756e7575230732443101901573fbda14b4e7ffd

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The setup file is part of the Soft32.com download and install manager. It is an ad-supported installer and attempts to get the user to install various adware toolbars, browser add-ons, game applications or other potentially unwanted programs. If a sponsored software offer such as a toolbar is installed it might change the User’s home page, default search settings and 404 traffic. Note, the software installed by Soft32 is probably safe, just the installer is unwanted.

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:
4/25/2024 2:54:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.Bundler
2014.07.15

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.173.60

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.S
18857

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.0261

ESET NOD32
Win32/Soft32Downloader potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Soft32Downloader
9/18/2014

F-Prot
W32/Soft32Download.A.gen
v6.4.6.5.141

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AdBundle
v2014.09.18.10

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downloader.cvxhzw
0.28.2.60881

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ITNTSRL.M
14.9.18.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Soft32Downloader!1.9C52
23.00.65.14916

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Graftor
10351

Trend Micro House Call
HV_ZYX_BG250186.TOMC
7.2.261

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
874.8 KB (895,800 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Soft32 Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/22/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=I.T.N.T. SRL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=I.T.N.T. SRL, L=Sibiu, S=Sibiu, C=RO

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:
2C5182859A028A663B668C63FE5C1CD7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/14/2012 1:06:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:d8FCKFnw3lfd6nOEA78bEmmhR8WC87GRkW/3sSdfVMSit:d8FCYw3lfwnuQbE/RHIrdtMS

Entry address:
0x29FFB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 5D, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, E2, FF, C7, 87, 34, 5C, 21, 00, AD, DF, B3, 15, 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:
7.8890

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

Code size:
824 KB (843,776 bytes)

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