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chromesetup.exe

Sambamedia LLC

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 chromesetup.exe by Sambamedia 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Sambamedia LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5bc8a3e7df5e9373a0680db7c7ec8b1e

SHA-1:
53b1261769a32294e0678d3f704a5fbc1724c585

SHA-256:
d01b7a6b426d5a2d63bc8f6aacc451b02f3b390a6aaaa7458425f4a84762e83a

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:
5/3/2024 10:42:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.9.2

File size:
575.8 KB (589,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\chromesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/2/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/3/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia LLC, O=Sambamedia LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

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:
5AF374AFD1700F42AFDDF9B5F12FD906

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2015 7:22:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:RwQvSTuCWAhHqYQPYUNj8GFI49aHzPd8EB4G8JddvBvGRx2T051TFm:Z8HHqYQPYW9FyTPdx2Ge/vQRx2TQbm

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D4, 8F, 5E, 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, 50, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 52, 25, 22, 19, 8E, CD, CA, 09, 54, EC, 40, 54, E8, 6C, 9D, 0C, B4, 50, D8, C1, 40, 22, 08, BF, 39, 8A, 3E, 07, 7A, 92, A7, 86, 6C, A4, D9, FA, EF, 99, F5, FC, 0D, A9, 3C, DC, 7D, 5B, 1D, ED, 5E, F6, 50, F2, 48, FE, FE, 16, DA, E2, 02, 04, 11, 00, 52, 42, 0D, DB, C1, 72, EB, 27, 44, 10, 71, EE, DB, B7, 72, CF, 78...
 
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Entropy:
7.9401

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,374,208 bytes)

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

http://admin.dsmagnofile.com/TjthXaMkWkgtbVP2fv4sHwPiZzSEGwdxwGNj0vGZkg28J0F-9Nkh5ar5q3si14ZP0rXN6ZnO9Rt1PZS7SA4_SlB8mvDmqI9wLkeGUL0c5v4LpmOiHJWvH_C4pssD9iD2_ns8vNEaKVIY17Y_wALEKNf9BKS5AWt4kxArmI1LS_zq2BpUFqb4A6Arn8o1jFFH0LkDjWnoySmx3qgJh7M1iR8EG9dcrrXE0xebdzGBPTH_vzneeMrhXtiUfFcmBLLS70r4Qlr5bIiusWfOpKFwBrPuO7y9S4xj4vTrwx5tHqBmPChm7U_LD2pUouFblp9YK1VkNaIRaqr42M-pE4zj_DVP03DLj-XboMQh04qLXMVh-0PuI27oNkp62ZS5TGsuBy-Kios-Kg-FlNu1SWHRnGUm27xQ0QnavEDK4zsWT7mIjJpXCv6KLEpX08MNU-qx

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