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Setup.exe

File Setup 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 file Setup.exe by File Setup 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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
File Setup LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b152a2d29bf21a0b4449b3c7ba1e1438

SHA-1:
d9b11a599bd39936bb8c14c59e3a518414f160d1

SHA-256:
1bf626b93b3131ef3d33470f373f708f1954e1bf321da157d098f1b082611385

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:
12/24/2024 3:48:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.13.6

File size:
620.7 KB (635,624 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
425AE115F148D1124BA864570081A9B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/9/2015 3:52:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, BC, 73, 62, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 70, 65, 63, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 12, 37, BC, 4A, 8F, 7D, 79, C2, C8, 8B, 2A, C3, A7, DE, 3A, 6E, 4D, 81, 1A, 8B, AD, 75, E9, 72, A9, 60, 24, C8, 83, 1E, 45, 1A, C2, D6, 38, FF, 35, 97, 9F, FF, 24, 2F, 5E, C1, 39, BF, 11, 2F, 16, B5, 79, 1E, 5A, 63, 87, 29, 74, 29, 90, 46, FC, 19, 7E, 63, 0C, A5, 62, 54, 31, 1B, A2, CB, 67, 61, 62, 33, 52, AC, 5E, 96, 2B, 01, 77, 8A, 0E, B2, 9D, FA, 11, 9F, 95, 43, C8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9515  (probably packed)

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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