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

MD5:
ca8fc5dcdf65add4b528da650e648284

SHA-1:
bfecc5e23efe835ffebf825143501c44229a4df9

SHA-256:
cfb5a3d656c49911f1106d028b3e9b561540449673d1daeedacb4f4af7f8a0cf

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:
11/6/2024 7:34:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSec.Bundler (M)
16.4.5.9

File size:
537.5 KB (550,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

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

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
5/11/2015 1:53:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:wcmNF9ymk9vAUQGq/S7Oywixbh5IufT5aTcwn8ix:wc0F9Qo/bSSyfbk1Qwn8ix

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 24, 8D, 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, 10, 7E, 69, C4, 2B, 0C, FD, 10, 21, B8, BE, BF, 26, CC, 32, 9E, 6F, 22, 9E, D5, E7, CE, 58, 7C, C1, 79, 6D, E8, 4B, 11, 5C, FB, B3, 0B, 1B, 56, 06, EA, F4, 76, 66, 6D, 0A, D5, 19, 70, A7, 95, FA, E1, 9F, B5, D9, 7E, EE, C9, 30, AF, 44, BE, D5, 6F, 89, 4E, 02, 1F, 98, 7A, 18, 27, 0F, C9, 24, 16, A9, 48, E5, 38, B6, 16, D9, B6, 5E, 2E, A4, 1A, C2, 29, DF, F4, ED, 78, 5D...
 
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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://admin.magnodownload.com/6fzE6xTUvCO7POAuoxXgTs65Wo4fTKBJNLGUczzC0N14vk3TBozy6h8OuJa1SizDNweGr9UpEq3rQC1lEC4WvuJq9nGjIes0WbwM7inDlxkdkfWyoIsBCUy6Vyv4RCUTFYzRH9JF9M6UCjyYAck3dPwBHfFreLaE87N-Z0zTfvva1oOg7B7Ec50ZP3SpVwykEi6PN9x708Ps7RS0NZ7emg

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