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skype.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 skype.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 the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f6e1e7c1c03f4f3df1448daf44aa8196

SHA-1:
3f2dfa4894c49da2dd9192192fc4ab6b92084d63

SHA-256:
804195a4407503a387cd54842178801e0c786a316c574f80d6605368334324c3

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:34:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.10

File size:
695.8 KB (712,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\skype.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 9:59:59 PM

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:
6/4/2015 5:56:44 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 88, 9D, 67, 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, 40, 6A, 6A, 8B, 82, 48, 08, AF, 86, AD, A5, DA, 2F, D8, 35, C5, B0, EF, F2, 1A, C6, A9, C0, B1, DC, FD, 23, 0B, 19, D7, 86, D3, 7C, C4, 68, 3D, 16, 0A, 2D, F6, 4C, 79, 74, A9, 3A, 96, 12, 4F, 67, 17, 6F, C5, 77, 57, 70, B8, BE, 6E, 82, 53, 97, 46, 32, DF, ED, 9B, C5, 8B, 77, 1A, 74, 49, 45, 15, 34, 48, F1, 19, 56, 85, E1, 4E, 0E, 63, DD, 86, 66, 6E, 15, 01, 24, 97, 7B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,095,680 bytes)

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