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8ce8.tmp

File Setup LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The file 8ce8.tmp by File Setup has been detected as adware 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
File Setup LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
41036f68b94c1066d97156de8c7e9713

SHA-1:
6581ed0057a834608c872fe166dcfcc837051c71

SHA-256:
5a0effdc701a67986d18313e7a1ea1a2c70a4ae01117f8576fdc41b4c404545a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/2/2024 5:33:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.8.5

File size:
620.7 KB (635,584 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\8ce8.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/16/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LLC, O=File Setup LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
425AE115F148D1124BA864570081A9B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/9/2015 6:52:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, BC, 73, 62, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 70, 65, 63, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 12, 37, BC, 4A, 8F, 7D, 79, C2, C8, 8B, 2A, C3, A7, DE, 3A, 6E, 4D, 81, 1A, 8B, AD, 75, E9, 72, A9, 60, 24, C8, 83, 1E, 45, 1A, C2, D6, 38, FF, 35, 97, 9F, FF, 24, 2F, 5E, C1, 39, BF, 11, 2F, 16, B5, 79, 1E, 5A, 63, 87, 29, 74, 29, 90, 46, FC, 19, 7E, 63, 0C, A5, 62, 54, 31, 1B, A2, CB, 67, 61, 62, 33, 52, AC, 5E, 96, 2B, 01, 77, 8A, 0E, B2, 9D, FA, 11, 9F, 95, 43, C8...
 
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Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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