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setup.exe

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. The file has been seen being downloaded from aback-structurec37c4d.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ae002cd978b9541e9015a525690b21dd

SHA-1:
4d9edd55ea8b2c08171e7081701abc1d5b1d68c4

SHA-256:
572181b6a5357e03e5afbd84549b781c65f4e6d4035b67519c700cfc5a487570

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:
11/28/2024 5:53:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSec.Bundler (M)
16.5.15.10

File size:
597.1 KB (611,432 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/14/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=El Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
3FE11492275B337C9F032D96A4574137

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/6/2015 9:50:00 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:o7Oh3Ijqa1vRKa10FhS2VbxSGWnEA+TeCJa2xijKuvaxe:mv9MvhfYGVrJxxIvaxe

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, AC, EB, 61, 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, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 50, C3, B3, 4D, 8B, AA, 6F, 3C, 66, 49, EA, EB, 19, BD, C7, 82, 96, 83, 13, D5, 21, E6, B3, 35, 2C, 6C, 27, 10, A2, 84...
 
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Entropy:
7.9465

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,218,048 bytes)

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

http://aback-structurec37c4d.com/track/install?gluid=gyaEYiQh4MIGp2G7RjjTs4RxsKsYgBkVQNHuKI5mVKI0uQjm8cOlE9nj6fYv2d U86G1AyFw9QrISg xuZPRQGs12qrOQxpn2TE7TAcqVOg70Vg1BA0c 7ehGasqTRam3 0GSe5k4gY2hcy8RJinCmNdfBsTNvMGbTzaVgdoiLvOYZkEX3SUGcM5JkOML6Nn8hhU2Y5NZ7YA12ISyBigZOzlW547jt2dsyJ7uPDf659 o7JlCjYnY34bst5fW9GIcZzSnF/ivVGz G4nJHvAme44gERDYuuA9cscVKS8To6D2rvQBIlN7D0NYG5ANxNkxEYQl4wkUWRDUm3e9GFcVM5VSfXYrweFNoM1evvywBWB6IHHj3jXPK5pfqBdHAg1Sgm7/ECxggY7H4c 13v3Qn8w5C2dk6JWVab0Ta24rSPH2si0tox g3nBpCaTOSG3EeXotQIFEND0PZHZQupSm1iDio/mZ S/ivbbvBZsmDwyH72aTarbJobCtJ1 Mbjm9SvwI80LF8X9YEqqBa8Zp3xzz8ekGD3C00Gb4jHmMNxy66BCusDRKQ==&_sd=1&alc=1&dl=1&dlink=http://installationproxy355.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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