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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.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
da60030fde9ac494221fa8a34721d994

SHA-1:
e4c9cb96129aa10e3573f2116de8e74781b6cc76

SHA-256:
202fa3a244503862eebcc25d0ea555bb9e0de9deeaf866e2352eabae89252663

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 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:
11/16/2024 6:38:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.2.3.21

File size:
1.3 MB (1,353,416 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/15/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softpulse SLU, L=Adeje, 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:
24817285DC7184D7D5190D0CE2CC6653

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2014 6:54:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x9F3A

Entry point:
E8, 37, 3A, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, DA, 40, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, C4, 40, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 8B, 06, 8B, 7D, 0C, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, 45, C0, FF, FF, 8B, 4E, 0C, 8B, 46, 08, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, 5F, 5E, 5D, E9, 32, C0, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.3918

Code size:
137 KB (140,288 bytes)

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