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setup.exe

Softforce 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 application setup.exe by Softforce llc 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 admin.101magno.com.
Publisher:
Softforce llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dd2a5107be68e54771cadefffc771864

SHA-1:
ef4236a7e7ba72ecaea85af1f0ed29ba67dd4889

SHA-256:
401bdd2d2c303ee3b29567bfa1ce8898d751cd60d36d330ff79272c189bf86aa

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 1:22:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.7.4

File size:
585.8 KB (599,848 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:
Softforce llc

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/9/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/8/2017 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softforce llc, O=Softforce llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
021C492895C2A9321EACF11881EF9459

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2016 8:09:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1A23CF

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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Entropy:
7.8789

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,104,384 bytes)

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

http://admin.101magno.com/68dOEm0dA8HRDZ5d8CDMvsv03gfJwHH9d9RJCvA-NyFYmD8FOvIVPVgkwYvC1yOPcqNCWyd6RDyvdgZjQXbn0eQhFhsntQRO3OPDAI54r1TxAFWlttfytQf-6SY8j0026Y2dgzaD-SmxGQl5O0-9ThLdBHsUkEGn-S-bQVF-SsOu8ObT0Hq8PygvcjiSfvt6P3vR2FT3rpQUu8Fpk3b-JcaMyALtkWOV0ppcj4TJQYcd0n6HagYLrxFWysvngrnFivZVXc5G5SzjRlD-gY1a5rvm_Z502938sj85BDZFZSD40OWVWVe34uLDdzFgVwq4kY72jNOoB2DQ_zJ-oYFBteba3y-X1PJvUVSSxcgB1aMGTi-mm4CH6Wovb1stoZpB4Kkv31hLQDdi746xp-vjv2y6a2-UCJQxMXuUGrRsmI8

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