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SOFTPULSE 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 SOFTPULSE 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.
Publisher:
SOFTPULSE S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
58efc7df506e7e202edaaa013db659c9

SHA-1:
ffd28add27f54878374e3ca91494fec863b926db

SHA-256:
0eb00d7c3d185f4e0424597d3d1f8dbba1e96ee4333ffa28115e57c55b109dbb

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:
11/22/2024 11:56:14 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.2.20.6

File size:
562 KB (575,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SOFTPULSE S.L.

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2014 4:13:26 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2015 4:13:26 PM

Subject:
CN=SOFTPULSE S.L., O=SOFTPULSE S.L., L=Guia de Isora, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B582684D0A7AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 12:40:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, A4, 3D, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 4E, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 54, 7B, 89, 27, 76, 64, AD, A3, AB, AD, E5, 39, 38, C4, 57, F9, 34, 27, 51, 6C, 4F, DF, 98, 4F, 38, 41, C4, 95, DB, C0, E7, 17, AD, BB, BE, 67, AD, 5B, A9, 4B, 77, 8F, C7, 68, 2F, AF, 88, 89, 06, 02, A2, 42, B7, 40, 20, 08, 4E, 83, 78, AF, A6, 1D, 29, E4, 6E, 33, 26, DD, BF, 8D, A9, ED, E6, 30, 99, 7F, 78, C8, 9B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,267,712 bytes)

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