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Wizard

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 google chrome.exe by Volvan Premium SL has been detected as adware by 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Volvan Premium SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
69761a6426c36a83dde796296cde3103

SHA-1:
54d89f4b59b3de1b7d7c77d7541f65d0a2cc7110

SHA-256:
c92bb764845707adcad0e834f74a26afdf7690d45b274ef7106077ea29676fd8

Scanner detections:
34 / 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:
4/25/2024 8:51:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
354

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.11.29

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DE [Adw]
2014.9-160215

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRIxfX5QgQd5VE8VUYEVgQkcU4ETQYEP}
2017.0.2832

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.165890
1.0.20.230

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20101

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20252

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.DownLoader11.54695
9.0.1.046

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
8.16.02.15.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
2/15/2016

F-Prot
W32/A-3f31f6a7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
11.2016-15-02_2

G Data
Win32.Application.SoftPulse
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14239

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.656

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SmartSec
v2016.02.15.07

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6488

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.165890
17.0.0.138

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.djmoky
0.28.6.63726

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494201
11.20160215

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1145768
15.02.24.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.02.15.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM17.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VolvanPremium.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.19

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.13

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
9321

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.33
2.0.0.2011

File size:
1 MB (1,097,576 bytes)

Product version:
1. 9. 8. 7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Wizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volvan Premium SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 6:59:59 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:
12/10/2014 7:15:10 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Q0BfZ15Scs4mUj79qPiqn7yauT/asgd0tp8A4:Q0guUuT/asgUE

Entry address:
0x1BFC6

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 7F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 90, 27, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 6C, C8, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 27, 3F, 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:
7.5727

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

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