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Setup.exe

File Setup 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 file Setup.exe by File Setup llc 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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
File Setup llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b508162160bdc4bdada53d582b6ab8a9

SHA-1:
3f8ecc1ac0a285a7673b2db4f3f7069f88b21475

SHA-256:
500c401f5e091a60e4b734676198ccacc0654b8897eac0a98d909d912200901d

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 3:14:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.13.19

File size:
1.1 MB (1,192,640 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup llc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/19/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/19/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Setup llc, O=File Setup llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
39CC7C4BD6B9058E818797B15709AF3C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/17/2015 7:00:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x3ADB0

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F0, FD, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 10, 50, 8B, 4D, 0C, 51, 8B, 55, 08, 52, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, FE, 68, E0, 56, 08, 10, 68, D0, D6, 03, 10, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 83, C4, E8, 53, 56, 57, A1, 10, 9D, 08, 10, 31, 45, F8, 33, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, C7, 45, E4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 75, 10, 83, 3D, 5C, DB, 08, 10, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 4E, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.1989

Code size:
422 KB (432,128 bytes)

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