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setup.exe

Softforce 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 Softforce has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.1bjp4bn.com.
Publisher:
Softforce LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6c772c4d9abf78711fb88207edafc729

SHA-1:
8990e4a252cf80d8467b6ddbf17f03ae800d0911

SHA-256:
ecaeec1cc67a461b14f629e30e209667f2b4b0226cd15acbe4b04fe2d7e53ff9

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
12/25/2024 12:04:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.mew
7.11.213.42

avast!
Win32:Trojan-gen
2014.9-150302

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3182

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.3.2.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37788

File size:
466.5 KB (477,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softforce LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softforce LLC, O=Softforce LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

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:
70BFB33C404020FA465CC17A6A1894B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2015 6:39:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CDxtVm6fJftzJ65Enf/FhPawnAM8FRSe1zpMPSM/wv2d:utrBtzM56yJ2eNQ2

Entry address:
0x184390

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:
7.9374

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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

http://ttb.1bjp4bn.com/download/request/.../9Rs0DDom?__tc=1425102886.219&lpsl=c80884492c77750578f0523ac2981fc5&expire=1425189259&PubID=CD25394&slp=www.getnboxsoft.com&ClickID=9f308371951115e94e6e03289268bcdd&fileName=Setup

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