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 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.1bjp4bn.com.
Publisher:
Softforce LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4c3299ee6e3bd5090960be7da09b8787

SHA-1:
38bdbb44c341e60f781bdfb3048e8c273e5b68a0

SHA-256:
86c3ee9e641d3deb0655d7e51ba6efbf441e8ec3ae40ae3909f4986c7e616767

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
1/12/2025 4:41:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.mew
7.11.212.246

avast!
Win32:Trojan-gen
2014.9-150228

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3184

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.2.28.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37588

File size:
466.5 KB (477,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 3:59:59 PM

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:
2/27/2015 5:39:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CDxtVm6fJftzJ65Enf/FhPawnAM8FRSe1zpMPSM/wv2d:utrBtzM56yJ2eNQ2

Entry address:
0x184390

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9374

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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

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