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setup.exe

Smart Secure software SL

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 SL 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 kingsdowns.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
23eba5103b1e52b6c3a393ca43e0d0dd

SHA-1:
6c570870fe11b0eafc85fbc5763beff57265f4e0

SHA-256:
1da7a7f77437968d062f8825b348c546f33b0b8a81d9f527b5d6be08de492b89

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/14/2024 2:55:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSecuresoftware.Bundler (M)
16.2.28.12

File size:
535.6 KB (548,456 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 SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/22/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure software SL, O=Smart Secure software SL, STREET="El Pozo, 17", 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:
695DAE5AB4D326DD6518FA7C7ABFDADA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/24/2015 10:06:21 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Rx04iw8JNFZxNHYfy5tLg8F6xundNzCS+be6rDey8YJrT:o4iweNFZzHME2HUdN5+ay8Yh

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D8, 8D, 5A, 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, 10, 3B, F6, 14, D7, E7, AA, 56, E0, 7E, 15, F3, 0D, 6B, 6F, 01, C9, EA, 77, FE, F6, DA, FF, 03, 3C, 10, 86, BE, 39, 90, 02, 64, 63, E6, A0, 23, A0, 20, A5, 61, 18, A4, 39, C2, 90, 55, B5, FB, D5, 61, D9, 47, 5C, 05, 66, 64, D5, 6F, 56, EA, 40, 2D, 79, 1C, BF, 07, EE, 38, F2, BF, BC, 5B, 9B, A4, 70, 47, D0, 03, 0A, 08, 9D, 13, 22, 9D, 16, E3, 7E, 61, 34, 93, 19, 8B, 35...
 
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Entropy:
7.9415

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1009.5 KB (1,033,728 bytes)

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

http://kingsdowns.com/fly/.../us.php?kw1=xad293-uggbfrauca-300-js-lm-AD-us-ad26-28

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