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setup.exe

Trusted Download 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 Trusted Download 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:
Trusted Download LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
29230ace4a70e1bb1c1ec2130a87192b

SHA-1:
58d2aba4fb057055fba762b1ee74de5190a2e856

SHA-256:
574fa367dc0abcdd69b278e20726091feb2214e4f13b94c7dd20cd8627541187

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 2:41:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.10.3

File size:
1.3 MB (1,361,400 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted Download LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/6/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/7/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Trusted Download LLC, O=Trusted Download LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

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

Serial number:
5FB561BBCCBE7D6358E7AB139439FEE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2015 2:08:52 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 88, 71, 90, 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, CA, E4, 4D, 5B, E3, 1B, AB, 18, 30, 26, 80, 75, FC, 86, 68, 61, FA, E0, 5B, FD, 5C, E8, 03, D7, C1, 30, 8D, 0F, EF, 54, E5, 37, 58, 9C, FA, 36, 19, 83, 7A, A5, C6, 87, B9, 8C, F5, 88, AB, 05, 0C, 73, 1E, 14, 60, 99, 85, C0, 97, A3, 82, 2B, 63, 29, FD, 76, 40, 3E, F4, 7A, CA, 66, 9B, 22, E6, 3D, A3, 2E, 1B, 58, CB, 79, AA, DD, 4C, C6, C6, C3, B1, B8, 3B, F0, 2B, 1B, B6...
 
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Entropy:
7.9850

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,857,408 bytes)

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