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Setup Manager 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 Setup Manager 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.dllfiledit.com.
Publisher:
Setup Manager LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
221504c5f001c7742eb05a5d4d0ea167

SHA-1:
4bcb69c5f89bf04bf5d96786949233979e7b6652

SHA-256:
05493284680e7bce09ad6ec66fcb276ea93fcd962063689db02d30f8fe37140e

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:
11/5/2024 2:33:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SetupManager.Bundler (M)
16.2.16.16

File size:
555.1 KB (568,400 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Manager LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 5:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
64F82246387934B733705C8D1E4ED21A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/27/2015 10:31:43 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1djURclzwQTu87jBNOhqUnT0vLjd7iP3UIKxcXUNYMn:1dgSZi871Nx4T0Djd7CqukKMn

Entry address:
0x1DF3CB

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:
7.9546

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,284,608 bytes)

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

http://ttb.dllfiledit.com/download/request/.../ujoyMnEM?__tc=1430185485.121&lpsl=80358c636638b52984a82d6453f0ee0e&expire=1430271820&slp=www.mytoolfile.com&ClickID=553ee5cb4dc362f51f8b552e&fileName=Setup

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