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setup.exe

Softpulse 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 Softpulse S.l has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from cpm.profeshon.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
86f1e7d13397946ec09a38bdf857a223

SHA-1:
a1ed56b8f2b2bb116ed79b89f91ae15d78b8d5ba

SHA-256:
096b76b9c1a21afb89b1f553ea41ad70f2fa15d8fd0b6dc90679df18bd9a6e8d

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/24/2024 10:32:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2015.03.27

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oani
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-ER [PUP]
2014.9-150329

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2016.0.3155

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
1.0.20.440

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.088

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
8.15.03.29.10

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
3/29/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 291567.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.4.2

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2270

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dpsdgl
0.30.8.659

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.29.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39354

File size:
548.8 KB (561,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse S.l., O=Softpulse S.l., L=Guia de Isora, 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:
492522DB26914D38C21A797768B88A13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 8:49:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Al/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABBfd:AZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbP1

Entry address:
0x1E3F00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 56, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E9, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 29, 15, 1E, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, FA, DE, 07, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9450  (probably packed)

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

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

http://cpm.profeshon.com/clk?aff_id=3&off_id=1&lp_id=1&exp1=ad2081-us-cl&exp2=ad2081-us

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