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setup.exe

Smart Secure Software S.l.

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 Smart Secure Software S.l 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.magnotiler.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ebff700c9ef840904bb038e8bc5baab3

SHA-1:
fadee228b9cbf6e389977f2da4cc74be7da483bc

SHA-256:
46ecc66a170de18b0d40015be3108335e031b2c0742277548e4aa0fcbfa30d49

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 6:06:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSec.Bundler (M)
16.4.26.10

File size:
668.9 KB (684,936 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:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
04AFEF8DECA6D536221E5C8647DC65FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/16/2015 10:38:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8OAz0w9dPBEp0avNF8SJGHXlUTp2yFIgVnYQ3GQgfYpfxuhAy9VWL5Ju:SdSpnvH8jXlCp2yJCZQgsfEhAsVWfu

Entry address:
0x1A00D0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8602

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
628 KB (643,072 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnotiler.com/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NgSgh2c5wPhlvGAP4_-wi1ewhaz63Y3rqRvjNk6cy95UkzRXryG3V_8UGEh87rTrnh-QwWfIjJzn4bhvCu6Cmxbhiw_SvMnK2EuIrDqhpzBElXdoFWn8-myqzIJi---E9bE75bBKB6nPCcS2X3ElMS6Aqo0LDjxFHNvfJEMCQpzJF9NU095i2GfYWCxninkcv7ZUTkx-FxZauDPB1QgL9A2ohlhP_LhPMHGsm-C_K0EY4_y66YkK3WxymncazOtoVUqdC2WAep742x7pp5aw5EFHLRQEbeWBbbFXiWRFwJ-N2KBk0XJGj_CUwVjwDfRYZYcmifRlVgLrCGvbkiqfSc_BnfvB3-a4t3sSgWrLtyby2-OyZJXgTRHy0jnF45m4TUDDjzRfvwU_QUByPwcyRmSZ8WhzHQzBypp_bPcL7LUe

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