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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 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from javdownloaderx.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c5e453785159db73a457a45acce497a6

SHA-1:
78521af552f5118ec4d9f5c7d1ca88a27a4f187a

SHA-256:
5c88497934458a669dc3160f327c71e727ff9aac4ee823fbed260c51b1b8a2b5

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/23/2024 10:24:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Inject
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CU [PUP]
2014.9-150922

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-100
0.98/21511

F-Prot
W32/S-ca816da9
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of ccleaner.exe (Adware)
2015.9.22.9

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15367

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse.gen
v2015.09.22.09

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
16.0.0.795

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.Bundler (M)
15.8.11.17

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R08NB01CM15
7.2.265

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.106
2.0.0.2114

File size:
1.3 MB (1,319,640 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 S.l.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/16/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 4:59:59 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:
1/30/2015 12:37:08 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sk2pxhmobBu75QFgCmOxMT2iq091gutT0ugRfy4CQM4OpdMK:1+rb4ydm3q09n4fuL3x

Entry address:
0x1CE16

Entry point:
E8, AA, 85, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F9, 1D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 8C, 3E, 48, 00, E8, 22, 86, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, CC, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, DF, 2A, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64...
 
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Entropy:
7.7193  (probably packed)

Code size:
206 KB (210,944 bytes)

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

http://javdownloaderx.com/.../out.php?sxid=9zelgm282977

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