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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:
6dd5c527cbada45cdb60a36d0524f7b1

SHA-1:
b5b6d812c550ca1b54535c6b6425b8472dd5bb32

SHA-256:
568d6b93069cb81f17e16db7235bdcea08ae651c63a0219ac850b300e0745551

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:
11/23/2024 12:25:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.15

File size:
1.2 MB (1,266,552 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/14/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=El Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

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

Serial number:
3FE11492275B337C9F032D96A4574137

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 5:49:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 08, F5, 8A, 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, 62, E3, F7, 7C, 8F, 98, 9A, C3, ED, 2A, 27, 31, C0, E3, 40, F4, E8, D9, 38, 65, F8, 2B, 28, 38, 6B, 97, C0, DF, 50, 01, C4, 43, 6E, 66, 9E, 88, 6A, 45, 60, D4, 39, 07, AD, 3B, A2, 45, F6, 96, 01, 9D, DB, 80, 6F, 72, E7, 11, 93, 79, 8E, D7, 38, 47, 6C, D8, 74, 20, CE, 9B, 1A, 3A, 1D, 8F, 47, EA, 43, B4, 0B, 2E, 35, 5B, 41, 91, E8, FA, 8A, B7, EE, C8, 0A, 77, A7, 36, A0...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.8 MB (3,950,592 bytes)

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