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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp1194.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
57ad87f832a776c321a9980f54fa67d9

SHA-1:
afe24ddc9f4198a7af80f5838cd9ce77ca0e2f03

SHA-256:
e82dc3ddc20f2b8f57c147ac9bf871d509ebcef0d4b767228e095998bcab1bda

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
11/25/2024 6:32:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SoftPulse.A
852

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.06

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.C
7.11.176.180

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3330

Bitdefender
Adware.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.1390

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-2
0.98/19479

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19714

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SoftPulse
8.14.10.05.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-3c050bc3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SoftPulse.A
11.2014-05-10_1

G Data
Adware.SoftPulse
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13584

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.05.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6986

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SoftPulse.A
15.0.0.834

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.deuoac
0.28.2.62440

nProtect
Adware.SoftPulse.A
14.10.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.05.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.F
14.10.5.19

Sophos
Smart Secure Software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
33698

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12485
2.0.0.1944

File size:
1.3 MB (1,339,624 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
6/17/2015 5:59:59 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:
47353B4EEC0D902A135E20BEE1A66817

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2014 5:37:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tKyKz4D4ufmwhzA2QoPKCys7JdpmnMlxy9KR8uQcuS:tKVzMNuwIKyoBmnMSURNQy

Entry address:
0x998F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, D1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, E2, 45, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.6703

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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