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setup.exe

Softpulse SLU

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 SLU 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 ttb.getmplayer.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cea8165b24eb3a4dbfc74f02e50b9d36

SHA-1:
e36859c92e5447b335e85f35ed886ba854dd26e0

SHA-256:
bba2f114899f3d75e9f13baeefe435ef92789724b6603c778cd9463654e328d2

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:
12/26/2024 4:32:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SoftpulseU.Bundler (M)
16.2.23.16

File size:
1.4 MB (1,442,160 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/11/2014 1:24:30 PM

Valid to:
2/11/2015 1:24:30 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, O=Softpulse SLU, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
03F6DB66AAA548

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2014 9:23:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:f6Vo4jIB4rH3mlW3Pca2ksSSnJeH7nL8Wp6whEZV2rQnyhLP0R84KpUpVvmeP:Ca4jw2h+JetlE6rQnyhLP0R1Kipgi

Entry address:
0x6596

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 8D, 46, 00, FF, 15, CC, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, D0, FD, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, B0, 57, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C8, FD...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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

http://ttb.getmplayer.com/download/request/.../ymriBSrn?__tc=1399469918.181&lpsl=fcabafa8836d6dd9e73757c848970518&expire=1399556264&ClickID=Ym89MSZzbGlkPTAmc3ViaWQ9NTUxMSZzbz0xJmNpY21wPTEzNTYyOCZwdWJpZD0yMjIyJmNpcGlkPTQ0NzAwMCZjaXNpZD00MjU2N0U5QTgxMzg4NzE1MTU4Mzg0NDImY2lyaWQ9NDI1NjdFOUE4MTM4ODcyMjYyMDA0OTM4JmNpdWlkPS05MTgwMjA1NzY3NTMwOTg2ODcyJmNyaWQ9MTEyODc5OCZleGNpZD0yMiZtbXQ9LTEmY250cnk9NzM=&PubID=2222-5511&fileName=Setup

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