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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 openoffice.exe by Softpulse SLU has been detected as adware by 23 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c2988547392cd361047b0493367cbe80

SHA-1:
8eba0c0efc9612b5c66efb44c567f8be68ad4d0a

SHA-256:
b577b882b442a879ff5cc248be79aa08f4ac364f647038a0b0b217a6aa7636e7

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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 4:46:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AA
878

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.24

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-S [PUP]
2014.9-140728

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3399

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AA
1.0.20.1260

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
18952

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.0252

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10144

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AA
11.2014-09-09_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.AA
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.9.19

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12819

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.07.28.08

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7055

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AA
15.0.0.756

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softpulse.dcouet
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.28.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftpulseSLU.K
14.7.28.19

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.3 MB (1,406,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/11/2014 6:24:30 AM

Valid to:
2/11/2015 6:24:30 AM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, O=Softpulse SLU, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
03F6DB66AAA548

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/24/2014 9:02:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EtV/UHOeA2prp4OfbiWtFbexLRHfZiUkCHl9nWVA/1Fwr1pLqxj6+M8e:vBPbNjexaUkCH7Ww1odqxj6x

Entry address:
0x6696

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, C8, 0E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 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, 18, 85, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, E8, DE, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 10, 85...
 
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Entropy:
7.3687

Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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

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

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