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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 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dls.drivemagno.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d8b9e6db2824b6819c1b4784ae4abe9b

SHA-1:
e33b5682012e0432ee6f7361cfa59b90174b1fe5

SHA-256:
d1ff67b4b28e9b168d48431442ad59d41de4afedd996f05386f216a097c9e99d

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:
11/26/2024 1:49:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSec.Bundler (M)
16.6.16.19

File size:
587.3 KB (601,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/23/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/24/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
12/22/2015 3:01:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:gotMF3FgVl0oUgBkDHZoxsUIyDKDZ5r5ZKEqVIjD/CWcSfzmCIWz2gCUnkviUd0/:gotMgVTVeysiDKu63//pfNhVkvL56G6

Entry address:
0x1A13CF

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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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,102,336 bytes)

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

http://dls.drivemagno.com/jXzOxjyw8cnZvjUZReTyfpuH8Zobns3lDrqKwtdFndR8avhikB9Zpf73tUlsZ2kivTio0ldP4KeQ2WJoWPiwb3uUBCXCATFoN8ck5hNJdi-qZP7gXS69KUCQ7XwnU1rMiamX9HG_XinBoO0CeVTOCKmd5qeN7gpBGXB-LWlmwYlp9ATU9SM-Tugp3fFenYynB38fR4X1Yb-kBMQ0ZQTDGmCHQdfnjUsdUvdfNXGrTLYk1iuHGsBP2giXeHo6Fa8w2yPNhuE58rzfGgWSnuLZ88YYQhAfNuoGO5bvbT09qF1jn0AlFIKj7qfK4vGvw5cVUAAdTTyfIMxhONLBZrTTyLrfOtUAVAIcsADsqJsphXFAsEcEmDSQyhgvTnNdAbef_Z5e9lW3erGREPNRzqr2KZSzL4nJOuiklCVnLJRlXpg

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