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 mmtrksk.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ad9556d3c692cbab520b668f707dcdb2

SHA-1:
5cbeba57cf160216a355c2eb21b29abadf3feb28

SHA-256:
1fdc962a4d0b947e0ba98735a5e3c2b6b22423949b7ee441cb53c2f8f4274239

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:
12/26/2024 4:17:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.18.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,246,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/16/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 6:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D60847E39B584310D58407A5090B843C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/4/2015 1:59:38 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1ww637hFiEjeluGrzOzCXe4UVDn7aSnMsF/QG88VNmh6DQ1GrRvOffXk:1K37hFdeUGXOzC8LR/QGRVNmhlzU

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, A0, F3, 8D, 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, 40, 03, D5, 74, 51, 10, AA, F1, 58, 7B, 8F, 43, D3, 4A, D0, E1, 2A, 01, EF, 84, C6, CC, B0, 76, 0B, 35, DA, EA, 6A, 18, 8D, 99, 36, 9C, 5D, 27, 5A, 24, 37, 5C, B5, 6F, 5C, 1F, 76, 64, 65, AE, 7F, 32, AC, 44, 4A, 24, 60, 1A, CB, FF, 6A, 06, CA, A5, D3, B8, 0C, ED, DF, 80, BB, 05, C2, 40, F4, E8, 22, 85, 42, 13, B1, A9, C1, EC, DD, F7, D5, DC, 20, 4A, 9A, 6A, 92, 34, 58...
 
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Entropy:
7.9856

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,796,480 bytes)

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

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