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Softpulse SLU

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 setup.exe by Softpulse SLU 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 www.lpmxp1014.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8422045346e3049bc7c51cc99ffb65d2

SHA-1:
087596bfe72e5c73ee362043fab7a0d9ffd04dfa

SHA-256:
758eb6e333707dc43dc11d3a4088ea9d2a6ceb49e56eb6552b8a246e80ac5387

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 4:43:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler
17.2.24.14

File size:
1.3 MB (1,399,152 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/11/2014 1:24:30 PM

Valid to:
2/11/2015 1:24:30 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, O=Softpulse SLU, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
03F6DB66AAA548

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2014 2:59:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x66E6

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, A8, EE, 46, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, EC, 64, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, B8, BE, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, E4, 64...
 
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Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp1014.com/.../Setup.exe

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