bluestacks.exe

Wizard

Volvan Premium SL

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 application bluestacks.exe by Volvan Premium SL 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.pitisoft.com.
Publisher:
Volvan Premium SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
f4d695ce3c4845baa7dd221d46454489

SHA-1:
9033932906d06597ced9f51f346be94dbe40e235

SHA-256:
84a3abdc7ddc75f7a65f45b50641e52e863301c042e0210a1bef7cb2210bf9b2

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:55:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VolvanPr.Bundler (M)
16.3.29.20

File size:
1 MB (1,100,248 bytes)

Product version:
1. 9. 8. 7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Wizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Volvan Premium SL, O=Volvan Premium SL, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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:
248F413947247E20924C496ECEB61F8A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2014 2:09:53 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:dlafNPaNMDJOpKROZRpulZBVOkeOLimGHCmO+M:baANaRGRpuHetmGimZM

Entry address:
0xCA96

Entry point:
B8, E0, 02, 58, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 71, 77, 63, 6E, 72, 74, 64, 73, 41, 45, 00, 30, 6A, 2E, FE, 67, 8C, 7C, 4A, 79, 72, D5, FE, 8D, F4, 93, 92, FB, 7E, 3D, 36, 57, 3D, 93, E1, D8, BE, 5B, A7, 9C, 61, 0D, 73, 03, 0E, AC, 4F, 0E, 46, 5B, 15, 09, F4, 31, E0, D6, 12, 0B, 4A, 69, 70, 13, E3, BF, 75, FD, 5C, 93, B5, 88, 6B, 74, 75, F1, 2C, 66, D2, ED, 4B, 2A, 3D, F6, B7, 95, 21, 85, 77, 4D, 7A, 64, 28, D5, C2, 77, 21, 25, 6D, AC, 3A, D8, F4, 9B, 1B, DC...
 
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Code size:
144.5 KB (147,968 bytes)

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