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setup.exe

Trusted Download 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 setup.exe by Trusted Download 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
Trusted Download LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c0049f22cea099d1d58b91a68152249b

SHA-1:
132d3a7cb068fb5fab3e8b248527eda0e41dcac8

SHA-256:
2b05b077c572da49dc3d4df902d4c9b7895dd21be817ec62b7c2bc8b5f032614

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:
11/15/2024 2:59:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.7.16

File size:
664 KB (679,896 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}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted Download LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/5/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Trusted Download LLC, O=Trusted Download LLC, 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:
5FB561BBCCBE7D6358E7AB139439FEE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2015 9:08:34 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, F0, 6A, 61, 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, D4, B8, C1, 70, 4E, 75, FB, 3B, 60, C4, 48, 29, 15, 6B, 4D, 99, 1D, 33, 16, FC, 02, EB, 12, E2, 6B, 06, 20, 54, 26, 96, 24, 55, 93, 6E, 84, 5B, 6B, C7, FF, FE, 06, 9A, 11, 9D, 34, 9F, BB, 9B, 0F, 2E, 8E, 80, 3F, 37, 5D, 96, CE, 70, CE, 55, F8, 90, 6A, 4D, 0A, AE, E5, F2, 0B, A2, 7F, 39, F3, 3D, 73, E9, B3, 61, D1, 40, 4F, A7, A0, C1, AC, B2, 65, 39, 08, BD, A8, 3C, 9C...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,235,968 bytes)

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