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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from flash.zuqiuing.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d3ebd9546cb562c585c5dffa4d1f1c49

SHA-1:
be24f8fef0c78669094ca85ca32ee3a9ba50aa9e

SHA-256:
aeb19dad6f91e5d498457069794043c7548f099df09eefb14cbb5e003d458c8f

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:
11/30/2024 9:05:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSec.Bundler (M)
16.6.18.17

File size:
626.5 KB (641,560 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 11:59:59 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:
04AFEF8DECA6D536221E5C8647DC65FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/12/2015 4:00:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3yo9/3lv+JpCt/NbRqhzXcJDu1BnU840UWV47GdLtoxu:io9vlv+vCt/TqhzsJDuvU8401V4i9qu

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 9C, 88, 59, 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, 14, 10, 05, D0, 05, 38, 0C, 08, E8, 98, 0B, 58, 1B, 08, 83, C4, 10, 0E, D7, 76, C8, 59, AB, 02, 00, FA, A2, 56, F9, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 3C, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 37, CD, 02, 00, C4, 00, 74, 13, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 08, 8D, 70, 04, C0, 02, 11, 8B, 75, F2, 17, 68, BD, 00, B0, 1E, C4, 02, 68, 98, 7B, 50, 64, 00, 80, 7F, 81, 0A, C7, 0B, 0C, 8B, 47, 04, 89, 06, 83, 27, 00, 5F, 5E...
 
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Entropy:
7.8851

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,071,104 bytes)

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

http://flash.zuqiuing.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=160&dv1=ad154-gb&kw1=ad154-gb-xx&uuid=d36df3cf-b11f-4f33-4ad0-b11e460e1f2f&dv3=d36df3cf-b11f-4f33-4ad0-b11e460e1f2f

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