itunes64setup.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 itunes64setup.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l 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 Apple's iTunes 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:
55ede3c92b1267fb473c748375c93619

SHA-1:
df9a5a3563af3de631cb687e3c25176171cc5860

SHA-256:
df0c44207798d7e72b1f7a0bef7ecbf60cada49910d46bad6812fb394247d847

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:
4/23/2024 7:00:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.Bundler (M)
16.2.10.13

File size:
1.5 MB (1,523,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\itunes64setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 3:59:59 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=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:
10/15/2014 7:33:57 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xpa/O74CNt3r2J2FC3eUldZUJ3OlKU4UDcc6Cy+9eGE:KcZC35VcOcmDcc6CdW

Entry address:
0x7F26

Entry point:
E8, 14, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 46, 25, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 34, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, EE, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 24, A5, 48, 00, E8, 74, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 3C, 06, 49, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 1C, A5, 48, 00, E8, A8, 25, 00, 00, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 8B, C3, 56, 83, E8, 00, 0F, 84, DC, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, C4, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, 8E, 16, 00, 00, 48...
 
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Entropy:
7.5259

Code size:
81 KB (82,944 bytes)

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