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setup.exe

File Setup LCC

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 File Setup LCC 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 az852137.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
File Setup LCC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
81cf1ca7f07b51c8daa90a1c3286c2c1

SHA-1:
9263cd277b85eb0eebf44503972908ed01a926fb

SHA-256:
48beca8bb95caa631cb2f16d77086813cafaa8b0a72bb2df18c36ca481eb2a77

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:
11/6/2024 1:58:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.31.16

File size:
1.7 MB (1,808,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LCC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/15/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LCC, O=File Setup LCC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0629F30DCECC62A8E72B47625BD36601

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/12/2016 8:14:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MqVG/iAW2oUVejxcVGiCrpGzl9e+/SLhXFfP2dBhU3J5WhFDl84NxeyDc5XYQ:dQvkucdh9GH6FFo2eVNNIJ

Entry address:
0x47949B

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 9F, 02, 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, 8B, D6, 8B, CF, E8, 5C, 00, 00, 00, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10, 2B, D0, 2B, C9, 3B, CA, 73, 26, 8B, D9, AC, 41, 24, FE, 3C, E8, 75, F2, 43, 83, C1, 04, AD, 0B, C0, 78, 06, 3B, C2, 73, E5, EB, 06, 03, C3, 78, DF, 03, C2, 2B, C3, 89, 46, FC, EB, D6, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5F, 81, C7, 8C, FF, FF, FF, B0, E9, AA, B8, 9B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8437

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,763,200 bytes)

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

http://az852137.vo.msecnd.net/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NpxHwFKAOiKh6Fm0ZBWiiJuS27kUHvBNTKGBpGxE1cikrzcGXk9CfAwNp8TsvLwBPOVAdqlYBqtRURMCusx2nYquYHfEkTUaOWRKcjHS5ZhA7yxqHNHC2qP2VGJG38XSpfAc5PJ8WVCQitRvc8K_F4rBMAvojZWHIDesvoLy1OJvW6Ong9DXSQ9VO7oWaVNsuJpoQ-leuK-dSszE-x94x6oDfoztMWhBxVVh8zEDmhY7QAD3b8cIaESlImNNiyk5piuzhFlbRsqPtPxZOa_NF8PxKkNTM8ECVI4Cl-7nwndPxn3YfuvXo7fqM4Am-uLc_97p71nm-7xVDuOxQuSX9s6zaQAaiUq4w4qVZORuTFj55ZkiGZ5wzruLwmBw5H-D3e4Y1XQzqfOY-wBfg_pYaCsar1_Bzg5ukD7_TG7BcUO0y1fF91jYHTu7hNB8Ro3NwpWU3Kc2_5eKFR0HUHKi5n7z5jXUp45zYLGh4h56r-eq

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