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Softpulse SLU

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 malwarebytes.exe by Softpulse SLU has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.files101.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
448322f97917a9e0a922932291cf9879

SHA-1:
23422b3a33430ef268793fae484de0dd5ae5f68a

SHA-256:
54058823a18ca2c10b6a7350d757578f6d5987d05a0cda6ae98f2091b4c7b856

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
12/1/2025 4:46:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Norman
Malware
11.20140715

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftpulseSLU.M
14.7.15.5

File size:
1.3 MB (1,353,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/13/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/14/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softpulse SLU, 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:
24817285DC7184D7D5190D0CE2CC6653

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2014 6:24:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:aNcHEbpY4gs4BxjkN2ieWfYgKZ3F8FDZaxSCWKarX73HY04RzbcMQbgnivA9yDES:JqIB+JSZ3FuZMGrU0IzoMn4AADw49p

Entry address:
0x9F3A

Entry point:
E8, 37, 3A, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, DA, 40, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, C4, 40, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 8B, 06, 8B, 7D, 0C, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, 45, C0, FF, FF, 8B, 4E, 0C, 8B, 46, 08, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, 5F, 5E, 5D, E9, 32, C0, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.3918

Code size:
137 KB (140,288 bytes)

The file malwarebytes.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.files101.com/.../malwarebytes.exe

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