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setup.exe

Softforce 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 Softforce llc 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 dls.drivemagno.com.
Publisher:
Softforce llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
64b0eb41b323a37ce8618fd98b09023c

SHA-1:
1b886bad54fb73a8307b7763d6edbc07da3b9596

SHA-256:
cd029623da07c8c2863a20394ca5b647e55f7e742ee07210489cb2b3428a5133

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:
11/26/2024 1:41:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Softforc.Bundler (M)
16.6.22.11

File size:
594.4 KB (608,624 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softforce llc

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2017 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softforce llc, O=Softforce llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
021C492895C2A9321EACF11881EF9459

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/26/2016 5:45:57 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tFPbStnUHIV80Gu5d40x3BS88QvcG5cLrTBy2kdX3O:tdS5UHIVgu40bSnGWBgdnO

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 50, 4C, 59, 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, 21, B2, FF, 75, 14, 10, 74, 31, 2D, 38, 0C, 08, E8, 35, BB, B5, 1D, 72, 01, 08, 83, C4, 10, 02, 00, A8, C3, 7D, 4B, 56, 57, 8B, F9, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 3C, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 37, CD, 02, 00, C4, 00, 74, 13, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 08, 8D, 70, 04, C0, 02, 11, 8B, 75, F2, 17, 68, BD, 00, B0, 1E, C4, 02, 68, 38, AB, 50, 04, 00, 00, FF, A2, 19, 5B, 0C, 8B, 47, 04, 89, 06, 83, 27...
 
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Entropy:
7.8840

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,082,880 bytes)

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

http://dls.drivemagno.com/tyHeCfRWyCEMKCCImAmQXlcSRdItD7m2SZuYCniy_eUo91dyxHJkXHuMLjopulHjH-sPgfyGuiqjatRONI2vxoHBtBUIF7nFEvVKKs6DSx5LwkSDuKVhLFB_zW2tIeFzIFNDCNddcSz8_xYZtPyuCkeeOO3VvY8KtkmmJW1Y4PO_adKpLi1hJaKaijG9tQLvMmfQb-kegZTk3lGJmk-veyfgsQSi395PqiRpueOOJKv7TaHiaDddv5Z1ZAfzNB327xH20cHrtOq98XfQHSTe7Tw0SvnCnASaiyPQdfzvD536JjkXXHCRf_qXKUwO2WpIGn9OC4RtjrEcBKWCN1VPWRIFWObVs7_n9UIVGO85top-QskGGOULxP-dnoT6QwlJvqwsfvlYsmow0rQLZZFpnGUY2jYO_pwK1-4f-xeQfv5ECvK7YtfpJwts9pM24k55

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