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File Setup LCC

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 LCC 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:
File Setup LCC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
82e73f1da70ed6f180949ea9dbd6fb11

SHA-1:
5bcd172638a687c6e0fb4f6977c12709def2311c

SHA-256:
fbbc57f6630260c3a54d249a0cd26419224a9f7ec0be7f681de05bce19c616f4

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 3:36:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.8

File size:
664 KB (679,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LCC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/15/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LCC, O=File Setup LCC, 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:
0629F30DCECC62A8E72B47625BD36601

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2015 9:08:34 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, F0, 6A, 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, D4, B8, C1, 70, 4E, 75, FB, 3B, 60, C4, 48, 29, 15, 6B, 4D, 99, 1D, 33, 16, FC, 02, EB, 12, E2, 6B, 06, 20, 54, 26, 96, 24, 55, 93, 6E, 84, 5B, 6B, C7, FF, FE, 06, 9A, 11, 9D, 34, 9F, BB, 9B, 0F, 2E, 8E, 80, 3F, 37, 5D, 96, CE, 70, CE, 55, F8, 90, 6A, 4D, 0A, AE, E5, F2, 0B, A2, 7F, 39, F3, 3D, 73, E9, B3, 61, D1, 40, 4F, A7, A0, C1, AC, B2, 65, 39, 08, BD, A8, 3C, 9C...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,235,968 bytes)

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