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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 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp511.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
44563c186567de4087bfbd4df9e62261

SHA-1:
c281f596cce0ed8b8782867078e2fd0f2423cc84

SHA-256:
b80f85c959063294b804dbe2c33fb1ea7469f7542d720949a48dfacfded59365

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/15/2024 5:05:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3383

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of jvlsetup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.28.17

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13054

McAfee
Program.Socrydo
5600.7039

Norman
Malware
11.20141028

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.F
14.8.14.5

Sophos
Smart Secure Software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32186

File size:
1.3 MB (1,373,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

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

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 4:59:59 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:
47353B4EEC0D902A135E20BEE1A66817

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2014 1:04:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uS6Cqp3hVbl9HxvLhgAFlMlCcmpElsnevdxK1NpL:Tqp3LDxdg4lMASl9dxKnZ

Entry address:
0x3DF6

Entry point:
E8, 09, 27, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6728

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp511.com/x5E6ZEhCZwcwe6qnALYnATTxE9RITOLRnoIfQh6mJmY9Re4UsuLHo3kY0lQ4TJwTHQaBAiDqF2oVnJwQUXkZa2ovWYT2oweMXpOKv_Q3UzY

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