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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 malwarebytes.exe by Volvan Premium SL has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.files101.com.
Publisher:
Volvan Premium SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
35df25bd1c7d4ce48f74d3b28fb71168

SHA-1:
a765c521dec0a2345051213b14ba17301064ff93

SHA-256:
33c1e75235e8f84a348d0651f34cb0a54ff66f801e88cb473b8dd5decb690475

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
12/1/2025 3:18:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.12.03

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Malware-gen
141130-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRIxfX5QgQd5VE8VUYEVgQkcU4ETQYEP}
2014.0.4189

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20259

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.P potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

G Data
Win32.Application.DriverUpd
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14198

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2860

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SmartSec
v2014.12.03.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6929

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VolvanPremiumSL.M
14.12.2.0

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35224

File size:
1 MB (1,072,096 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 (Spain, International Sort)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volvan Premium SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
8/20/2015 7:59:59 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:
12/1/2014 12:01:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TbPCL1JgbPUv3aPLEPj+f88ChrjFZ3Iun/pgwzoO5C:Sh2PUvhPjy8Nhrn3V/zzoT

Entry address:
0x172A30

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 47, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, F8, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 75, 08, 17, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 28, AA, 0F, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9791  (probably packed)

Code size:
1008 KB (1,032,192 bytes)

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

http://ttb.files101.com/download/request/.../9RRyPe4A?__tc=1417494587.434&keyword=anti malware&affid=80446&rid=13193&fileName=malwarebytes

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