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daemon tools lite.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 daemon tools lite.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.files101.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
87eb3cb86b6049caecbba451dcce1f05

SHA-1:
af22f8192c8ed7f68491bdbab5bbe11841a24c5a

SHA-256:
532494c79d7380e9f2b62fdd5026aa5e9c3621cd56b5809b84fbc9159003f7f3

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/1/2025 3:18:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OLP
851

AegisLab AV Signature
Troj.W32.Buzus
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/DomaIQ.Gen
2014.10.07

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.177.0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3329

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.OLP
1.0.20.1400

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-16335
0.98/21411

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.OLP
8.14.10.07.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10522

F-Prot
W32/A-a8d7efaa
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OLP
11.2014-07-10_3

G Data
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13597

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.07.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6985

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OLP
15.0.0.840

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwfat
0.28.2.62483

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.10.06.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Downloader.WKR
14.10.07.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.R
14.10.7.0

Sophos
Smart Secure Software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

File size:
1.3 MB (1,390,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\daemon tools lite.exe

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

Authority:
Thawte, 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=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7F616522D287E85A40984A2C01C414C1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/1/2014 4:36:57 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:irKqlGCPcJKwybUDwEZZODYmR9G+gnbkk6XRJfe3DqYO/KpLwFfngWX4VmJPakB:irKo4ZwCOnYjVmJPaC

Entry address:
0x7D90

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, AE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 84, 0F, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 9C, 74, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 7C, 0F, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5714

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

The file daemon tools lite.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ttb.files101.com/download/request/.../9RRyPe4A?__tc=1412644832.262&keyword=daemon tool&affid=77495&rid=1648878737&fileName=daemon-tools-lite

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