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bitdefender.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 bitdefender.exe by Volvan Premium SL 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.softdls.com.
Publisher:
Volvan Premium SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
066bce9f6732ce26ea37b654d0c78613

SHA-1:
e82b5c9e20c306c0fc795b99179321844b282001

SHA-256:
1c7c504db23195fa3c1093f344c3cd96829254731d027354778654f0a97e2d4e

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:
4/30/2024 5:19:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VolvanPr.Bundler (M)
16.3.25.8

File size:
733 KB (750,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volvan Premium SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 4:59:59 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:
11/12/2014 4:56:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ncMyQoD5NINrppaVha2gyaG7/wlMk2EXIDe43Gc67VYNQ3sVT8oSpA:ncI5qVhSPG7/wlZ2IQWcsVYa0

Entry address:
0xF4620

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 44, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, FB, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 7B, 28, 0F, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 13, C6, 0A, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9650  (probably packed)

Code size:
696 KB (712,704 bytes)

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

http://ttb.softdls.com/download/request/.../whPVPNuW?__tc=1415917398.152&mkwid=bA2Phtqo&pcrid=3290512947&kword=bitdefender&match=p&fileName=bitdefender

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