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setup.exe

Smart Secure Software S.l.

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 Smart Secure Software S.l 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin1.getmagnoplay.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f199b58924471c34cbc16bd6c88aa42a

SHA-1:
1929428ec976d94104b471ef870294d7baa0c48c

SHA-256:
4d0b38d1aecacc8d30a7c38cd59c5f233b066a1450157da91ea105d5d4cb2ad7

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:
12/28/2024 10:42:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.Bundler (M)
16.1.24.13

File size:
523.9 KB (536,472 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:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
04AFEF8DECA6D536221E5C8647DC65FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/23/2015 12:36:30 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ML7GuyK/RFuWzlbyCCVUVrvet55WaVwzOFd2RnKLbNaQ/CX2xVkN3:wXyidzJynUVc5YaiOGRKXNCuGN3

Entry address:
0x1AB3CF

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,203,712 bytes)

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

http://admin1.getmagnoplay.com/O3tsLcJLo_3urMUxyeP-u1kW_dsoh9AsiCKfMUY8cLws9uZcUQMocgR3l22ewQVsvYptgCSMqGzREnAAuL_jM6HDlzD5SZ5JZwpF1hx6biYZVLOsaid33hf9szJbIGYfsComZgle7SkiHlU-bepHBc-QAchuLNBbxGbBdN0aMh_sHBKNVbXAIKJ4j5JY3ntHsYpkXrnYb5v46MBEhkiQkSyZKb1vs_-55E-_0Em4_ih9rXU3dfbd01wV5nMt3PadWahYkHe3ShCBOkyjUawlU9rc3qf9OmXh4Bv_f9S75EhBlQDka877N51tuLFyZs2Q8btxIxPRq8OHoa0WNF31_WEF9k_IlpgePd8J0_Ez2cm0nBgLHqdFE6RdWJp-y51gvuTMB26OcthIlfCuu5JYeyhTL81-s6KDR5vMv40IXhXPPzpwKOzjDf8g_RDU7XIW

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