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setup.exe

Softforce LLC

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 Softforce 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 ttb.f6mv7h873.com.
Publisher:
Softforce LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
40b60fab84497b78869caad0a91984a0

SHA-1:
bab7867e620ab24d8f714487fa89f4c823e5beb7

SHA-256:
7eae6c4d815dd46d6507a1943449556ac635ae149e75c5b685e658d9a881ffd8

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:
11/14/2024 2:05:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Softforc.Bundler (M)
16.6.22.22

File size:
572.5 KB (586,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softforce LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softforce LLC, O=Softforce LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

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:
70BFB33C404020FA465CC17A6A1894B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2015 9:07:12 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3dGNE6khUDor2HAuEMJZCZrIBj5eQIlnD1KkPWAivIeiUcvMH:KE6ArAAuE2orm1IlnD1KkowzMH

Entry address:
0x1942E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
532 KB (544,768 bytes)

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

http://ttb.f6mv7h873.com/download/request/.../4vEoIKcf?__tc=1425611842.328&lpsl=8aeea45575168e9dbd92ba81ef1f97a2&expire=1425698221&slp=www.getfilersoft.com&pub_id=P12094085&ce_cid=QENEkDS_tArIqOCjdLgtNEpFKNcXA_GW6Ivo7_RnGdCufq4SjPsrtUtmFHfr7lz_2YiQiqerhC1pq2clYvPcTOwsBmhzIqmM8bYB5mrvFoX8eefEbejuOTNPR8pRwxW_j0tTg5EcBulj3ixYQGMLsD0Ok4ZEpF9FXt-Q7agzle8xr7PdufllkKNtRB_gf1Nne68RHDwF45Log1QJPynGa5UvjUU6XpIYMqgbG3qn4i01s2yVpkgrsH6CEhcosKAU-jeKUI6S2P5THO6tWzHVHC3EiiCWquJV9NswGyW5aDqXDV4mpraQ_FKpiNgRsKtZFnBlswjM58qZotIGlc203ve66ZNzaGAVCV3SnMabyuWStPxl7KQM8M45IQ2vWFXrJlZicq-UsKp-E_2zF5OF_7-nCJspOlCNXv8eCTeCBPEZ&fileName=Setup

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