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Setup.exe

Trusted Download LLC

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 file Setup.exe by Trusted Download 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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Trusted Download LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5a9d8e7773adbbe6cb8e2ea4955622e0

SHA-1:
eb0b4b42e0fd682494c9a936a01414d28a900ae4

SHA-256:
206f5bf09fa25c99173c2d71b658f1c6d47abbe4ece4ddfeccaad2b9c5c11009

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:
12/25/2024 12:04:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.10.23

File size:
528.7 KB (541,400 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted Download LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/16/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Trusted Download LLC, O=Trusted Download LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
03A6A1DB7BF79D28B29DE1440C475F11

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/10/2015 7:52:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 04, 7D, 5D, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, D1, E4, 92, 31, 46, 99, A3, BA, E1, EB, 3D, A0, BA, 37, 94, 54, 57, 16, 80, 1B, 12, FD, 6B, DB, F2, 5B, F5, 38, C5, F2, EB, 9F, 93, E0, EF, 2A, DA, B6, 42, 47, 5F, 34, 59, 4A, B4, DA, 04, 69, 86, DF, B6, 1C, C7, 34, DC, BA, A5, 5E, EE, AA, 2C, 37, EF, 43, 7E, E0, 09, A3, B2, 59, 72, 72, 88, 82, 3E, 92, 4C, 84, A9, C0, DA, 31, E6, 39, 31, 78, FA, 43, 17, 71, 99, A0, 74...
 
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Entropy:
7.9472

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,240,576 bytes)

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