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

MD5:
cb5b0c498ada7628f593ad5e9a14caa3

SHA-1:
d889cf4aa97f396be413c37d79eb42fcf157c378

SHA-256:
72177e612fef23a63e59700b4bc200e048200d62c64ab5371202129c4c8286a9

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 12:39:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.Bundler (M)
16.2.6.10

File size:
509.6 KB (521,856 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Guia de isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D60847E39B584310D58407A5090B843C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2015 8:33:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BewMzrqH8OprxagMU3KyLjrB8AEp77c6/ZO0tZsNr+q:cwMnwYnyXF8P9ZO0fVq

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 6C, 8D, 5E, 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, 12, 37, BC, 49, 8C, DA, A1, A7, E3, 73, F0, FE, FA, A1, 84, B1, 88, 95, F5, 7E, 73, F7, 63, 72, BB, 9D, 51, 94, 85, 85, E5, B2, C0, B9, D8, 7B, 77, 5E, 9D, D3, A8, DA, F3, 3A, 91, F3, 68, 8F, A3, EC, C5, 04, E3, C2, BC, 30, A0, ED, 44, C0, A4, FF, B2, 0E, 3A, 7C, 20, C6, 0C, 89, 6A, 98, 8E, DB, 43, 78, 32, 01, 3C, 68, 23, 79, F2, BA, 6C, A2, 6A, 03, 50, 9D, 0A, D3, 82...
 
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Entropy:
7.9422

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,237,504 bytes)

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

http://javdownloaderx.com/.../out.php?sxid=8mcs9t280178

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