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Softpulse 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 Softpulse 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 content.screencast.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a467d77fce664da790ccc0cc72f78a54

SHA-1:
c5a8708d8ff78e393311a9758d8742c658366364

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 4:51:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler (M)
16.3.10.8

File size:
1.4 MB (1,497,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse S.l., O=Softpulse S.l., L=Guia de Isora, 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:
492522DB26914D38C21A797768B88A13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2014 9:23:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gkb96KAS/zisvW0LXXTW0LXXKPmjt4J1BKrrHQXb8iVjU+7O2q1G6H1f51brtaiU:v96qjWqTWqKPm6XB0jQXb8dWF2H9/SmU

Entry address:
0x6566

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 6D, 46, 00, FF, 15, CC, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, F8, DA, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, D0, 34, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, F0, DA...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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

http://content.screencast.com/users/Audinfor/folders/Instalador/media/.../setup.exe

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