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Softpulse SLU

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 Softpulse SLU has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.cloudsvr312.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b38206e3e449cda1f6ea58aa46d96cbb

SHA-1:
788f70efee146df03403e8a691b9669f9803c44a

SHA-256:
c31fdfeba1ea82e716a2d646eca914ef1285a6057cc8426e39ea05d2a18d0818

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
11/25/2024 12:30:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.166.250

AVG
Softpulse
2015.0.3379

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.SoftPulse
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712403

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7035

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.17.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SoftpulseSLU.F
14.8.17.13

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1003.9 KB (1,027,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/10/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, O=Softpulse SLU, STREET="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:
00F5AD21F5B60D3815776CE20025D5B9B8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/16/2014 11:08:27 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ezzn5WJ9NG0eueJ7rXrnmcQlQNd5Cet6a5F3DXj1Yptc7QwN7G:Ezzn03G0eueNr73Qlm5pDXj2N

Entry address:
0x4C258

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 88, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 0A, 41, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D3, 0C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 94, 36, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, B3, 06, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, BB, 40, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Entropy:
6.0103

Code size:
453.5 KB (464,384 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://dlp.cloudsvr312.com/5DJced6LHIEs-dPR0WlsIb7dzf7TpWQbDVTYHeH-9AFGgba71uRKwIWsRKCkCLNEiQTQMQvXQ5DkBdRFsxLyxC43gjr9DS52XS47s4vfrOxErE1QlMFCGbMxPFqKWGSA

http://ttb.lpcloudsvr302.com/download/request/.../8F7442Xw?__tc=1390699813.239&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.yourplayersetup.com&ClickID=nym1CMqR_qf7iMTKbxACGP21rLLDlYDCcSIONjYuMjI5LjE4NC4xNjAoATDsyZGXBQ..&PubID=1050194

http://dlp.cloudsvr312.com/UoO5iVwTJtbU53dF-RynPcllImUGY5-DYZUNpD-kLtNGMtrTT91v8bbHPnCios1bpQeY6EecUlmPT_-O8FxoZxp5ZKB2AvPJspirqHdK-MsdIACnNG5H1W-1MNaVO0rp

http://ttb.lpcloudsvr302.com/download/request/.../8F7442Xw?__tc=1390699771.646&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.yourplayersetup.com&ClickID=nym1CMqR_qf7iMTKbxACGP21rLLDlYDCcSIONjYuMjI5LjE4NC4xNjAoATDsyZGXBQ..&PubID=1050194

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