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setup.exe

Installer

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 application setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from gfhdhlz.1btvoy0pn.com.
Publisher:
Trusted Download LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
f2dc7139381a107d0a60b55c3708b829

SHA-1:
fac21f3808105fc82174f412f03eccf3afb36f5f

SHA-256:
ef716eb334776f81fdf12ac6bdd768f10ec13b815cf67d446d5eef4b780e554b

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 6:14:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.TrustedD.Bundler (M)
16.7.2.18

File size:
1.7 MB (1,812,408 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted Download LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/6/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/7/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Trusted Download LLC, O=Trusted Download LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
5FB561BBCCBE7D6358E7AB139439FEE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:g999VKI4tLhtaTlvmlSv3TV5zDGD8j3LgGpfe:q34IAaTlES3zK4j7re

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9928

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://gfhdhlz.1btvoy0pn.com/S2TFwygqzhacro-m6JXkWX1bQhMICFvblhyc6HQ-X6bhLGchiacz0Gc0hH3jbXHPJ78j9MeKEPGsall5LgQ-96n8sOzu7wu0pi2uuOQxDW7-XwIcoBH6UHwVsq3SstXXukZvKf5mc0CnlhmOjpKTI-C-v3fztnnArzoJyNWQlcEahti5X9XYNFwvjWDhmRE0ENd7ZZ9vqHbHbxvi8PZWoruaJpmvcfxq7pph8VWRB8w

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