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SOFTFORCE 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 application exe.exe by SOFTFORCE 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 wikisend.com.
Publisher:
SOFTFORCE LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
41931f133f285be33803171a6bbc85a0

SHA-1:
1d1b61b23c17ce995312985b6175d81bcf2ee722

SHA-256:
62e10f0d47c79047ff000f0a2e8082e0c69abe187b1bd8260e7c2e9cb2d8b044

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:
11/27/2024 7:42:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SOFTFORC.Bundler (M)
16.3.29.1

File size:
561.9 KB (575,400 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SOFTFORCE LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/11/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SOFTFORCE LLC, O=SOFTFORCE 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:
33BB3B97566AF3E76EB1CA5F67A62CAB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2016 8:02:42 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Cm+7BQ7Z6n+vg/eMyZ07Lz7FvJbhaPWM6npeUZLJGKg6qrqMf0:CmGQ7Un+WyZ07LVvJ0OzLA+qrqMf0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, F4, BF, 5A, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 10, 3B, F6, 14, D7, E7, AA, 56, E0, 7E, 15, F3, 0D, 6B, 6F, 01, C9, EA, 77, FE, F5, D2, D2, 11, 17, F3, BC, 70, B0, 78, F6, 5C, 05, 18, 66, 9B, 48, 73, AC, 1F, A4, 4D, 92, 6B, 53, FD, 18, FB, 68, D5, EA, 5B, 02, 3E, 15, 10, 53, 0E, 05, CC, 3A, 0B, BF, 4E, 3E, 07, 51, 18, 50, 2A, 29, AC, FA, AF, 25, E5, E5, 5E, 77, 5A, 90, 2D, FB, E3, 25, 40, 8D, BA, AD, BF, A6, 3F, 66...
 
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Entropy:
7.9550

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,104,384 bytes)

The file exe.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://wikisend.com/download/.../exe.exe

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