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Smart Secure Software S.l.

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 Smart Secure Software S.l 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:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8bc91d7d17b47b3da54381d261fa0874

SHA-1:
392c19960cdf651dbb63fb2179830893915d9c83

SHA-256:
857e50c552da71d686b11cd950680aa7b067d895153535d6d920eabc57c866ed

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:
11/23/2024 1:08:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.12.21

File size:
536.1 KB (548,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7F616522D287E85A40984A2C01C414C1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/19/2015 10:45:51 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 14, AD, 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, C3, 16, 69, C4, 2B, 0C, FD, 10, 21, B8, BE, BF, 26, C7, 95, 89, 78, 6C, A7, 23, 8F, 5B, 52, 93, B6, 09, 50, 3B, 77, 79, 6E, F2, 3C, 7A, 5C, AE, 5A, E6, 70, 5D, 19, 90, DE, 77, 60, 32, 8C, 94, D5, 38, 27, C0, 43, FE, DF, CD, 89, 92, 96, 91, E1, B1, 14, 95, 1E, 0D, B0, ED, 06, AC, A6, 86, 5D, CF, 8D, 08, E2, A0, 1A, F7, 48, D2, 90, 1E, D8, F6, CB, 54, 16, 9F, 66, C8, A7...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,076,736 bytes)

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