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sony-pc-companion.exe 

Mofefo

UpdateStar GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The file sony-pc-companion.exe , “Mofefo Setup ” by UpdateStar GmbH 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 installCore installer.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
Mofefo

Description:
Mofefo Setup

MD5:
8d593081803e34c6655a3d4ce50f33f1

SHA-1:
bd48a20bc826cb979fe119fe79077867743a13e0

SHA-256:
d19797856a0e9d5ce35dedaca8fd8f51b97bcd87c0978d847767818f5f35403d

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.

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 5:49:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.16.5

File size:
1.4 MB (1,419,893 bytes)

Product version:
3.8

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sony-pc-companion.exe 

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/13/2016 10:43:08 PM

Valid to:
4/6/2018 7:10:42 PM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
4BA54A70AEBC69BFA87C05E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2013 2:08:22 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x290C

Entry point:
68, DC, 3A, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 48, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 57, 08, 7A, C5, 86, 1A, F4, 47, A8, FB, 94, FD, 7A, FD, 93, F4, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00, 50, 72, 6F, 6A, 65, 63, 74, 31, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 7F, A1, 6C, ED, CC, B4, F9, 4B, B4, 26, 0B, DE, 01, CB, 7E, 81, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8945

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
104 KB (106,496 bytes)

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