microsoft_office_2010.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_office_2010.exe by Sambamedia SL 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.
Publisher:
Sambamedia SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b782a5e23a244a48a9fa8b8076a932c3

SHA-1:
3dd59e7974577e543b4568f104b751c13ec420b1

SHA-256:
603fbc0cb4a2efcb1af3fa8a08ad7ac0b7a6c057f5f0634eb4090b22c6861143

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 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:
4/26/2024 11:02:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Sambamedia.Bundler (M)
16.2.3.10

File size:
1.4 MB (1,504,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft_office_2010.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/28/2014 9:13:17 AM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 9:13:17 AM

Subject:
E=contact@sambamediasl.com, CN=Sambamedia SL, O=Sambamedia SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121A6F5CA8560763435DF885221AE3B200F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2014 7:03:17 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:u9/aCFle/K5yW0LXXTW0LXX2K0zv2A2aTQXfyZO7hfvEqBHQE6QSyIvlWql1viyV:uRefWqTWq2rJuhkIsltlUDft3ADHuiVl

Entry address:
0x6566

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 7D, 46, 00, FF, 15, CC, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, D0, F6, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, B0, 50, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C8, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.5401

Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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