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File Setup LCC

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 File Setup LCC 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:
File Setup LCC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
670eb6bdd46335c8d246905b3d3396a9

SHA-1:
67726d32fba536585143ef572f594fbdb40ad804

SHA-256:
0f9cb5d95a5562f0d8dc833a9336b6c3dec38dc74e391d40180c8d34f9447f47

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:
11/23/2024 4:17:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.10.8

File size:
555.4 KB (568,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\google chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LCC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/14/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/15/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LCC, O=File Setup LCC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
4FF15104B32B6269B6D5DA4DC0EE7E41

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2016 10:26:04 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 10, 7A, 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, 9E, 09, 85, 7E, 7E, D2, BE, 39, 90, 02, 64, 63, C9, A5, C8, 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, E3, 48, 1E, 55, 96, AD, 83, 17, 4E, C3, 3A, 56, 91, 2E...
 
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Entropy:
7.8487

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,088,000 bytes)

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

http://admin.myfilessoft.com/2JZb5PKNwDXAEl8ij8J2-UtqB172F-B5xxlWyYkRcnNwFYgGw1om0qZiMwKmKSbYsK2Oyu4Ph7ybILtN_P7pO-RWUFix_Gr8lmr3m915VIyKN3Ss7UXpaZlxO0wyWVaOBsah8fun91dB7g0wCXoC-4VhkyUSwBsQXbXXmY64WRUxQ1hQNYsIHFQ0mHW7XaSAzk2abKdEzUPuZuHN89l-H_TT4tYb24Me15OTeudIx_yVJyHqffScJB9yW2sUp4kiX-68k3525hLKPXKl9uNl2h6_z4dRBDFYBrInD3BCdzYw0Bpds4Rj5hxzmD_Sy30NAarTj888O7hvo5-yJViCaFOJ6wR3GnjzVtsVmxQkrOILUDgFGWdt5LOX0iWjgYr-4yPFU0UsB5mRlivwqW9392NoomQAB82q5ZoRuIx7w40

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