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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.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4462f5bd69d3616311ad31c82118874a

SHA-1:
2d5fa3ce3b93a11d6136ef7b58b66e3c6b86b2fc

SHA-256:
a8afe5e1e84c8359a9606778cdcabd242efdfa6e1df2668c5a3704c4163ad1c2

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:
12/25/2024 4:19:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.5.1

File size:
1.3 MB (1,363,304 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 8:46:08 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x6566

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 6D, 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, 90, DC, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 70, 36, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 88, DC...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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