installation.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 installation.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c9861367393df93e399db1dac4ef33e1

SHA-1:
f9f421213bd7511d7004fba2776e4b70aaa24cf3

SHA-256:
5c59ccbe3eb353a687b68b3cbc9d638a7ccfb54de00c8d4a769c91db8ee03df7

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
4/26/2024 10:49:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
6505244

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.02.02

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.oanx
7.11.206.84

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CU [PUP]
2014.9-150201

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3212

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
1.0.20.160

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-100
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20920

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14824

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Inject
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse.gen
v2015.02.01.05

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6868

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
16.0.0.96

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dnfzzy
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.01.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse
15.2.1.5

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36666

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.106
2.0.0.2056

File size:
1.3 MB (1,319,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/17/2014 9:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2015 9:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Guia de isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D60847E39B584310D58407A5090B843C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2015 6:07:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ck2pxhmobBu75QFgCmOxMT2iq091gutT0ugRfy4CQM4OpdMG:l+rb4ydm3q09n4fuL3

Entry address:
0x1CE16

Entry point:
E8, AA, 85, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F9, 1D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 8C, 3E, 48, 00, E8, 22, 86, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, CC, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, DF, 2A, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64...
 
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Entropy:
7.7193  (probably packed)

Code size:
206 KB (210,944 bytes)

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