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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 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 ttb.f1v476z.com.
Publisher:
Softforce LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
92ce56ae2ecff2c52544d1efef5cbc48

SHA-1:
2ede6dceb4a0c509bae0128702c21c0726fe6ca5

SHA-256:
fde959b28b1dadfaeb6898c9fd9a2aa851c484dc6b2880e553a914b059c2f094

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:
11/27/2024 6:48:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Softforc.Bundler (M)
16.3.17.13

File size:
485.5 KB (497,160 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softforce LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/4/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/5/2015 12:59:59 AM

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

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:
70BFB33C404020FA465CC17A6A1894B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2015 2:56:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DvAFb6xaLAgk4klkUqAUgOKd5LHcSqtGH/ZFmyfOyCj:Dv+bjAgalmKd5LcSqAfZF3C

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, C0, DC, 58, 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, 99, 23, 42, 6E, D1, 38, D3, EA, 60, AB, BE, 50, A6, 9A, FA, 3C, AB, CB, 91, 64, F9, A3, A3, C2, D5, EA, B3, 9D, 6F, E9, EE, 3C, 22, F8, 66, E7, AA, E4, 5D, B9, 8C, 4F, AA, 37, 8D, DC, 03, EC, 91, 11, 94, 1E, CC, 83, E5, 55, 59, 45, 1B, 87, B2, DC, 91, 8B, 5E, 11, EC, 17, 56, CC, EB, 64, EF, A2, 1E, 13, 15, 94, A1, 55, BC, 86, 08, 7E, 7A, E1, 50, 76, 94, D6, E9, C5, 6D...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
965 KB (988,160 bytes)

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

http://ttb.f1v476z.com/download/request/.../eQBQL8o9?__tc=1424961380.492&lpsl=01c26ff33c088d494e47f92020e6e61d&expire=1425047742&PubID=3333-5703&slp=www.totalprggreat.com&ClickID=c2xpZD0wJmJyc3I9Mzg0MSZjaXBpZD00NDcwMDAmY3U0PTcmY2lyaWQ9RkI1QUU4QzQ5NjEwNDU3ODgyMDQwNjIzMTI3JmNpY21wPTI0NDc2OCZvc2lkPTUzNSZjaXNpZD1GQjVBRThDNDk2MTA0NTc4NzE4NjAwNDc5ODMmYm89MSZjaXVpZD0tNjQ0NDYzMjcwMjQxMDI3NzcyNCZzdWJpZD01NzAzJm1tdD0tMSZjbnRyeT0xMDQmc289MSZjcmlkPTIyNjUyOTgmZXhjaWQ9MjImcHViaWQ9MzMzMw==&fileName=Setup

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