setup.exe

Sambamedia SLU

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 Sambamedia SLU 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:
Sambamedia SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9c1d50ea3c22aa3ed35c23a5ca315774

SHA-1:
b9a4826aaf2d11b4fafee63e99b4a0ba9baea05f

SHA-256:
b3e544545eccf91e713ce94769855e6db6fc97c9ba96f13df8d36e2dfb946420

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:
11/2/2024 7:31:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.12.9.2

File size:
1.1 MB (1,112,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia SLU, O=Sambamedia SLU, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1D2678833456F6A11CEBC944E8AFF2C6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/7/2014 12:31:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x51EC

Entry point:
E8, A6, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, 85, 15, 00, 00, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 03, 59, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 8F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, A6, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 24, 41, 42, 00, A3, 90, 00, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, E3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Code size:
136.5 KB (139,776 bytes)

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