home

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 application setup.exe by File Setup 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.yj3pmnxfq.com.
Publisher:
File Setup LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
32ce9cac68e8a4af19453d4ae19a48f7

SHA-1:
46acad17a1709875f92f7b17ff8caa9139609a8b

SHA-256:
6cd09a54498683fcf73bff468b5bec1b0222f83f74ee575ba3b5b6df1b14381b

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:
11/15/2024 7:49:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.FileSetu.Bundler (M)
16.4.11.8

File size:
1.2 MB (1,220,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/16/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 9:59:59 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:
425AE115F148D1124BA864570081A9B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2015 9:24:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cgQuwS3nuX1LVvDjxBaMURrIFDjKHTZwbzMmjKO8fG4ZSS5TcOzgJXJr0KYK:T8ouX1LRdvUACKMmjKLe40SfsXJoKYK

Entry address:
0x4BC4B6

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...
 
[+]

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,905,024 bytes)

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

http://ttb.yj3pmnxfq.com/download/request/.../4vEoIKcf?__tc=1426447189.274&lpsl=6c7f4f875129f85ca12d1bea67277453&expire=1426533399&slp=www.youfilersoft.com&pub_id=P50611887&ce_cid=ab9jvt4yynu48xt8awUinxL29MkdR3NU1lEdhE4AD6_e9V_TrdmuMTwTHIVs_cj356rhuqGFhiDh1atc2lsmWN80o6qiNxBzWa00AJZcIT9PUnvFSTCqS7vk-RI-SCEXqQW3afC5TcIcKe1N78EdAHoNa3geH1ivwB11r1m9ZUtE6vPlmeneL5cOGesXFrE97SvLhB8HSpH9dCnNFUeduQZUhLvS7SDFuzGDc1s-cB_ahO0dmVfDBVE5gxQ-Lpvz9jJ82bfgAukqjHrHDmPJKmEiAnSnvhwhkMudVS4FNBA6m5Z5BQ_j582YADe0f4j9KvSet6jYq4yE-N-s7nQKMeEncixb1dF-vTcIPZFds-qitADOaE7dcKgBrwEzDodLQe9igyuCFG_n8AHZqQ6zlCvgO3xA&fileName=Setup

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.