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YUMON SYSTEM 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 google chrome.exe by YUMON SYSTEM 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
YUMON SYSTEM SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a296a3bf97e1ba95bbbdabaac70a4471

SHA-1:
61f7327cda853aa71adc608696496b3984e932f6

SHA-256:
578ba9904cce7b10066afe274cd51fd6a33f918ad4a3cf37b276dd30c13693a2

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:
12/24/2024 3:17:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.3

File size:
561 KB (574,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\google chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
YUMON SYSTEM SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/20/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/20/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=YUMON SYSTEM SL, O=YUMON SYSTEM SL, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
492E0EAD95A515C379CA6D4D2DDD0C35

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/7/2016 1:23:14 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, E0, CF, 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, F6, EF, 53, 58, 96, 66, D2, BE, 39, 90, 02, 64, 63, E4, 57, 88, 80, 20, A5, 61, 18, A4, 39, C2, 90, 55, B5, FB, D5, 61, D9, 47, 5C, 05, 66, 64, D5, 6F, 56, EA, 40, 2D, 79, 1C, BF, 07, EE, 38, F2, BF, BC, 5B, 9B, A4, 70, 47, D0, 03, 07, E1, 68, 80, F7, C6, D6, 4C, C2, 97, D4, C8, 51, 56, EC...
 
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Entropy:
7.9539

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,106,944 bytes)

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