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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 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
151d9e8644d497c4f02c6b6a3c5ff0d0

SHA-1:
2c062ab132611bddf7557770ad9e3da5ceed3820

SHA-256:
7263881e8d128030137d27b4098775472af6380588ea9b42ecc4a5df167f4994

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/29/2024 2:59:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
841

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-GU [PUP]
2014.9-140811

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3385

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
1.0.20.1450

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
8.14.10.17.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
11.2014-17-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
14.10.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of new_player.exe (Adware)
2014.10.17.4

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13166

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.3422

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ.Gen
v2014.10.17.12

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7041

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
15.0.0.870

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.ddtbql
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.17.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SoftpulseSLU.I
14.8.11.10

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Skwink
10428

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

File size:
1.4 MB (1,441,992 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:
7/28/2014 9:23:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:76Vo4jIB4rH3mlW3Pca2ksSSnJeH7nL8Wp6whEZV2rQnyhLP0R84KpUpVvmez:2a4jw2h+JetlE6rQnyhLP0R1Kipgq

Entry address:
0x6596

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 8D, 46, 00, FF, 15, CC, 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, D0, FD, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, B0, 57, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C8, FD...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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