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adwcleaner.exe

Volvan Premium SL

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 adwcleaner.exe by Volvan Premium SL has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The installer uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Volvan Premium SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
43d7749baa2407c7d17e0277d2bda378

SHA-1:
496846d4724216e05d161cb14e7de9865a5bfa27

SHA-256:
fe9d5328f3aa6b6239d4f1ed4d7d4126ae71abb4e1a33920f4106e8abc6d3ff9

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
4/18/2024 4:12:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.154268
6434017

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.25

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.oang
7.11.204.248

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CU [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3219

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
1.0.20.120

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-36456
0.98/19972

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20833

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.9817
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-e8f52f8c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.192.14744

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.01.24.09

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6875

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
16.0.0.72

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dmkovg
0.30.0.64812

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.154268
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.24.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba
15.1.24.21

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36666

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.37789
2.0.0.2044

File size:
934.8 KB (957,184 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volvan Premium SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Volvan Premium SL, O=Volvan Premium SL, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, 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:
248F413947247E20924C496ECEB61F8A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/18/2015 7:52:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ncHbZJIX50gqW0rykU9ue8pD1u+t9kKz0psXM3OJ5b9Ocr/cQaBY0Lz46Nu4tWnj:c79Rr0ue8phB0pyp5bgOEUms6lWnl8A

Entry address:
0xD1C6

Entry point:
E8, 8D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 90, 27, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 6C, 38, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 10, 41, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7993  (probably packed)

Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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