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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.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9552b7af7416a1168590367e2d758894

SHA-1:
a8ce3ca33e39df88b172a59728f788394a16dfd7

SHA-256:
70620c0b45021e0467816afd2ce8887ade6784068c32298fbc6be4e5c43c145f

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:
11/23/2024 12:41:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.13.9

File size:
1.2 MB (1,246,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/16/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=Calle 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:
00D60847E39B584310D58407A5090B843C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/4/2015 11:59:38 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, A0, F3, 8D, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 40, 03, D5, 74, 51, 10, AA, F1, 58, 7B, 8F, 43, D3, 4A, D0, E1, 2A, 01, EF, 84, C6, CC, B0, 76, 0B, 35, DA, EA, 6A, 18, 8D, 99, 36, 9C, 5D, 27, 5A, 24, 37, 5C, B5, 6F, 5C, 1F, 76, 64, 65, AE, 7F, 32, AC, 44, 4A, 24, 60, 1A, CB, FF, 6A, 06, CA, A5, D3, B8, 0C, ED, DF, 80, BB, 05, C2, 40, F4, E8, 22, 85, 42, 13, B1, A9, C1, EC, DD, F7, D5, DC, 20, 4A, 9A, 6A, 92, 34, 58...
 
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Entropy:
7.9856

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,796,480 bytes)

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