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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 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from s8.qnagya.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
311d9aecfb2e7c3e11ecb9b2cb6422bf

SHA-1:
e263361d2ed061a146a7863f67177fcd48f37b3c

SHA-256:
b0df115f7ead5c67b310fe716ac046312d1c133bf98ca70c520f8677b485c103

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 5:03:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.181402
5692920

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.06.08

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oani
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Trojan.Application.Graftor.D2C49A
1.0.0.425

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.FDG
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
1.0.20.795

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Strictor-297
0.98/20552

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.AE potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
6/8/2015

F-Prot
W32/SoftPulse.H2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor
5.14.151

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
15.6.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16151

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.181402
16.0.0.477

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dpsdgl
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.181402
02.06.2015 14:23:46

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.06.08.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler
15.6.7.21

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DriverUpd
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40828

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.204
2.0.0.2211

File size:
548.8 KB (561,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
3/26/2015 8:49:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Al/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABBq:AZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbPq

Entry address:
0x1E3F00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 56, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E9, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 29, 15, 1E, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, FA, DE, 07, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9451  (probably packed)

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

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

http://s8.qnagya.com/file.php?geo=US&dv1=US_a208_pc_2014-12-26-21

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