google chrome.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 google chrome.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. 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:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2987c46e0ce565023960bde46a51a4ea

SHA-1:
fa3af32fa6e3047ed58671dd01eadde9067f5c15

SHA-256:
5cff19649983cb950e68ed9d485ae0f15062ef3bd0bebab4a84803e44cff7525

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/18/2024 9:13:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
868

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.173.134

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140917

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3346

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1310

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11248
0.98/19406

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19567

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.19.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10444

F-Prot
W32/A-1bb2709d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.19.23

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2921

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.19.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7002

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.496.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dewgcl
0.28.2.62151

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.19.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.N
14.9.17.3

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.SoftPulse
10349

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12586
2.0.0.1927

File size:
1.3 MB (1,344,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 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:
47353B4EEC0D902A135E20BEE1A66817

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/11/2014 5:00:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EpyhP5RFFrSEyFPu8JR9ksaQFCLwbLflBPx:LyFPu8D9k5QELuL5

Entry address:
0x997F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, 11, 46, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, 22, 46, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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