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File Setup 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 File Setup 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:
File Setup LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2ebf6a505e0992e34ea283aaca18c693

SHA-1:
f76773ab3db629be38be678b0d03e5b664268190

SHA-256:
091a66cb576bca5c51904b715582cffa2a32c823eaa0862459b617e5a7419b09

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:
11/2/2024 5:19:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.2.3

File size:
892.7 KB (914,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LLC, O=File Setup 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:
425AE115F148D1124BA864570081A9B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2015 12:56:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x8B5E

Entry point:
E8, 85, 04, 00, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, E1, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 44, E1, 40, 00, 89, 15, 40, E1, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, E1, 40, 00, 89, 35, 38, E1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 34, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 60, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 54, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 30, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 2C, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 28, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 24, E1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 58, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 4C, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 50, E1, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 5C, E1, 40...
 
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Code size:
33 KB (33,792 bytes)

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