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microsoft-money-2008.exe

Sambamedia 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 microsoft-money-2008.exe by Sambamedia SL has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Sambamedia SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
00d8a1755f31ac42c3da5421c5a0d17b

SHA-1:
6ea90aa2fa50d7f3915bd00d5a10174816ad04b6

SHA-256:
3a0ea5b44f7141d0a540a7043df2a733e133b27390ab58dd74c69e1730dd0f9e

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
4/24/2024 5:30:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AY
6121764

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimizerPro
2014.12.13

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141130-1

AVG
Trojan horse Dropper.Generic9.WOZ
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AY
1.0.20.1735

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.JavaInstaller
0.98/19772

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.HEYS
20350

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28213
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.AY
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.OVQC!tr
12/13/2014

F-Prot
W32/S-0ba0feb0
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.AY
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.AY
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.187.14319

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2805

McAfee
Program.Socrydo
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AY
15.0.0.1041

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcgbac
0.28.6.63850

Norman
Application.Bundler.AY
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.13.12

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SambamediaSL.U
14.12.12.23

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.08

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.78259
2.0.0.2005

File size:
1.2 MB (1,210,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft-money-2008.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/27/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia SL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Sambamedia SL, 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:
0CC1DC4BFF437A219B57FD821A92EE57

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/11/2014 6:50:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xUyrumsLQIB+JSZ3FuZMGrU0IzoMn4AADw49A:ayrxyBtkZMGo0IzoM4AyO

Entry address:
0xC4BA

Entry point:
E8, 37, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, 92, C1, FF, FF, E9, DD, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, 83, C1, FF, FF, E9, CE, FF, 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, 78, 62, 44, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53...
 
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Entropy:
7.3782

Code size:
146 KB (149,504 bytes)

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