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setup.exe

Smart Secure software SL

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 SL has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from clickater.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6faa057f19f35430b5b1147749b27827

SHA-1:
dc38bf34a784ae008540ae8a3c50850c50abb096

SHA-256:
d3e93e8798c09a6918ae3b6aa3bf8c808006995bfaa443d01233ff50b6351925

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/15/2024 6:01:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.26

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Softpulse.Gen4
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-GP [PUP]
2014.9-150405

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.095

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11376

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 931981.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.9.15

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.5.19

File size:
1.2 MB (1,246,832 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 SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/22/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure software SL, O=Smart Secure software SL, STREET="El Pozo, 17", L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

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

Serial number:
695DAE5AB4D326DD6518FA7C7ABFDADA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/9/2015 11:22:43 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EH/49UZ2FNLKC8CjR+ZOkq92j2naAJsqTYi4UHok85Y:oAUZeIJt2RdZ4+Ii

Entry address:
0x4D745C

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9755

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,856,896 bytes)

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

http://clickater.com/click

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