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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 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnodownload.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5c411ca4cef10f282aecdc5867e26b1f

SHA-1:
7a35b4aa3e8507bd5d930025d7633074e750d733

SHA-256:
216fbfe447ee68613840c0a4e7bfcc427c51b765181f7be751bd805a1830f92b

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:
11/6/2024 7:41:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.9.15

File size:
555.5 KB (568,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
04AFEF8DECA6D536221E5C8647DC65FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2015 3:49:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:p16NMSySdazKQ6pd86EvIh1g2mxNVb1tytM75m9H0BzWof:pwKJSdaztod83vIh7mroM7MHOWof

Entry address:
0x1D03CB

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9401

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,332,224 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnodownload.com/xPOBfv1ND50JY_Fr-_OYO0H8ZWVGKN4ohFIt1HPxH29I41foDgPi4skQR2v7mrWPl3mXaTFrN-Fy3V9racI6U6RPQHV2No6jVUxLGlBT8MZsy-96j9DU-8EFSgvdpEeiDyKHKisaTPUYqwKMtx_11NbRn_7AJzF-UWPF-emtE_22R-uMxAzBCmT2s-L0gZdYX2pzJLEiI9yT7HitrVnHww

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