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setup.exe

Sambamedia 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 Sambamedia 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:
Sambamedia SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
18632c3fded1899dc53923c8b35f5251

SHA-1:
f4d109741cd9c8adb1772c30e1ad6dcc4a6632fb

SHA-256:
1f0993f6d127e0deb1a6eff20ba367181611eb82c57c4ff82acef32cbca8deca

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:
12/24/2024 3:39:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.11.8.10

File size:
1.2 MB (1,248,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia SLU

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia SLU, O=Sambamedia SLU, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1D2678833456F6A11CEBC944E8AFF2C6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2014 2:27:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DHHW0LXXspchM/XEWF4ankDjSM97Epds527hkp4WI:DHHWqlhM/0WFtnkFdEpdI27m

Entry address:
0x7E3C

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, E8, 1E, 44, 00, FF, 15, CC, 60, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, E8, 1E, 44, 00, FF, 15, CC, 60, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, E8, 1E, 44, 00, FF, 15, CC, 60, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, C8, 60, 42, 00, A3, E8, 1E, 44, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Code size:
147.5 KB (151,040 bytes)

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