What is Soda Manager.exe?
Soda Manager.exe is part of Messenger and developed by LULU Software Limited according to the Soda Manager.exe version information.
Soda Manager.exe's description is "Messenger service"
Soda Manager.exe is digitally signed by LULU Software.
Soda Manager.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\LULU Software\Soda PDF 8 Manager\Soda PDF 8\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Soda Manager.exe.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on Soda Manager.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Messenger |
| Company name | LULU Software Limited |
| File description | Messenger service |
| Internal name | Messenger |
| Original filename | Messenger |
| Legal copyright | (c) LULU Software Limited. All rights reserved. |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Messenger |
| Company name | LULU Software Limited |
| File description | Messenger service |
| Internal name | Messenger |
| Original filename | Messenger |
| Legal copyright | (c) LULU Software Limited. All righ.. |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Digital signatures [?]
Soda Manager.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | LULU Software |
| Certificate issuer name | Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA |
| Certificate serial number | 5e6ed73fb7a4aea71621ad633f453b8f |
VirusTotal report
2 of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Soda Manager.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| APEX | Malicious |
| DrWeb | Program.Unwanted.1451 |
Sandbox Report
The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.
Summary
Successfully executed process in sandbox.
Summary
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"file_created": [
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\service.log"
],
"directory_created": [
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8"
],
"regkey_opened": [
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AppID",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\AppID\\{8E3BE4A4-ADA5-4E71-A24E-EBBEB81F2B47}"
],
"file_written": [
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\service.log"
],
"file_exists": [
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software",
"C:\\ProgramData"
],
"regkey_read": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
]
}Dropped
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"name": "e1f24f9a3dc0c849_service.log",
"filepath": "C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\service.log",
"type": "data",
"sha256": "e1f24f9a3dc0c84940ce4cf0f7b119dce289a9936ef9d63ccffcfa0d2786af74",
"urls": [],
"crc32": "CAEC7E98",
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"size": 428,
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"pids": [
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],
"md5": "930b5388dd01d20aa9c4215c1efe9b31"
}
]Generic
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"process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1b60796922e6727d29f2f812c395e96709e2d1c21dbfd1859d42ac119bb447b8.bin",
"process_name": "1b60796922e6727d29f2f812c395e96709e2d1c21dbfd1859d42ac119bb447b8.bin",
"pid": 2420,
"summary": {
"file_created": [
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\service.log"
],
"directory_created": [
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8"
],
"regkey_opened": [
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"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\AppID\\{8E3BE4A4-ADA5-4E71-A24E-EBBEB81F2B47}"
],
"file_written": [
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\service.log"
],
"file_exists": [
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"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software\\Soda PDF 8 Manager\\Soda PDF 8\\",
"C:\\ProgramData\\LULU Software",
"C:\\ProgramData"
],
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"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US"
]
},
"first_seen": 1595346786.75,
"ppid": 1268
},
{
"process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
"process_name": "lsass.exe",
"pid": 476,
"summary": {},
"first_seen": 1595346786.328125,
"ppid": 376
}
]Signatures
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"markcount": 1,
"families": [],
"description": "This executable has a PDB path",
"severity": 1,
"marks": [
{
"category": "pdb_path",
"ioc": "W:\\TemporaryBuilds\\30\\258\\src\\_bin\\Win32\\Release\\InAppMessengerSoda8\\InAppMessengerSoda8.pdb",
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"description": null
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "has_pdb"
},
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"markcount": 2,
"families": [],
"description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
"severity": 1,
"marks": [
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"category": "resource name",
"ioc": "REGISTRY",
"type": "ioc",
"description": null
},
{
"category": "resource name",
"ioc": "TYPELIB",
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"description": null
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
}
]Yara
The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.
Network
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"tls": [],
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"http": [],
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"tcp": [],
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"mitm": [],
"hosts": [],
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}Screenshots
Soda Manager.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove Soda Manager.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Soda Manager.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Soda Manager.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate Soda Manager.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Soda Manager.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Soda Manager.exe in the scan result.
C:\ProgramData\LULU Software\Soda PDF 8 Manager\Soda PDF 8\Soda Manager.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Soda Manager.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Soda Manager.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Soda Manager.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If Soda Manager.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Soda Manager.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Soda Manager.exe (18 votes)
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 9fd48266ff7148ae80e63c3be4148c88 |
| SHA256 | 1b60796922e6727d29f2f812c395e96709e2d1c21dbfd1859d42ac119bb447b8 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to soda manager.exe:
soda manager.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
soda manager.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
Messenger service has stopped working.
End Program - soda manager.exe. This program is not responding.
soda manager.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
soda manager.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 1 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
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