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

MD5:
2bd8e77c05db187c8b2945f114f26e5b

SHA-1:
5ed0214dcab1b1fd3a12ed96af7394cdef0bb48f

SHA-256:
a9124dacd027859e316b45bf65e0492b64d56f24e2a4756dac06a49ee82c46f6

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:
11/26/2024 1:26:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SetupMan.Bundler (M)
16.7.5.22

File size:
597.5 KB (611,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Manager LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/16/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Setup Manager LLC, O=Setup Manager 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:
0083BDD227DBB7AC8288AA961219124A1B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/26/2016 2:45:57 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:bFPbStnUHIV80Gu5d40x3BS88QvcG5cLrTBy2kdX3:bdS5UHIVgu40bSnGWBgdn

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 50, 4C, 59, 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, 21, B2, FF, 75, 14, 10, 74, 31, 2D, 38, 0C, 08, E8, 35, BB, B5, 1D, 72, 01, 08, 83, C4, 10, 02, 00, A8, C3, 7D, 4B, 56, 57, 8B, F9, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 3C, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 37, CD, 02, 00, C4, 00, 74, 13, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 08, 8D, 70, 04, C0, 02, 11, 8B, 75, F2, 17, 68, BD, 00, B0, 1E, C4, 02, 68, 38, AB, 50, 04, 00, 00, FF, A2, 19, 5B, 0C, 8B, 47, 04, 89, 06, 83, 27...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,082,880 bytes)

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

http://admin.playerfilemagno.com/IxcIzfe5XvYYR4mk18AJUC5b5NRYo-uiBgttHOFV0qMLYR7UY9DGN53g3QgEivKoTIOwx5DDwVfJIM2TT65rYCb-jgdNjK6WfCaG9weQdx1OUaRpZNZeveVwlw56XvBW_E-wkFqGCdR3CXz6pwD08kfCW2thJjmk-YPhtulVX4PYAM8ofW74ARIwAAm2Zy2pyjTUIXT2nOiTF7GHaNIfePUoMJOTsEEttvYfj23kG4kSIZf_dXp-xoOqpQfr26rhtxX1po9ShCdfxPmgmKCinY3vn5Mncl4lhOlmWgZ1F20yFKTJm-tdnWS9RRNI18WnsNT7GQIYuPA-NmDPQXHW7FAerrOO2qZLnQKLeu0jcKMVLH5Q4UPmzhX-OeIEQixxkxo7hPW2fJneZvoUMTXIW6fKrch9bSqW0ZY8ysNsKvS4ZK0Ct3Bq1ZW6A7gMipcblXVl2r8cyt54D7P9xG-2aSj5kvCMEkCFULwzoe5wsLg

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