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setup.cpl

Smart Secure Software S.l.

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 file setup.cpl by Smart Secure Software S.l 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnosix.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
47da50559df9426eb642cf0cd686ac7c

SHA-1:
91e2abd2394e9838ead1f314d97fece867eee64f

SHA-256:
7d2050925d6c686e30d5ca4640058be5c39fec14b5974f65dcacf8791196090c

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 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:
5/25/2024 10:31:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSec.Bundler (M)
16.4.26.7

File size:
1.1 MB (1,189,176 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.cpl

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., 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:
04AFEF8DECA6D536221E5C8647DC65FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 6:52:07 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rv1+3spSOxcbyct7f7HxPTK5t+uUzbgAPNWG4STA8u2:easE5tbUzUMNWwTA8n

Entry address:
0x37D90

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F0, FD, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 10, 50, 8B, 4D, 0C, 51, 8B, 55, 08, 52, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, FE, 68, 30, 27, 08, 10, 68, C0, A6, 03, 10, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 83, C4, E8, 53, 56, 57, A1, 10, 6D, 08, 10, 31, 45, F8, 33, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, C7, 45, E4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 75, 10, 83, 3D, 5C, AB, 08, 10, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 4E, 01...
 
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Code size:
409.5 KB (419,328 bytes)

The file setup.cpl has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://admin.magnosix.com/vfLxUftaKWIXQsR-CK2zVQ1egYnGznmPf56ayC61MbZ0GjK1tCAS4HGLr2itzE1XwKa7cGF40Y2UHWrI2EEWs2TrO0tCiB5UJhcN3UktNlKx9WWqb3ifm1rTZsh58cXEuCcZGWyMgIsi9TdQII-AS-Fhk2oO3nD8e1kpWZ0TBoLwmzdvzrgtAva5I8K_5FFmoEjkWl0XY-ADl0Z9PfqXKb_SiyBxyUskuHlmhY7_3iyskUCQD3u3fltoMuyNjnhQ0IJOMK6LWEdRwsu327h9r7YyDF0jze1X8fOxhdlav06ZR9pEgfDqC_b_t7oICwXKU5PJZObfv8i8yHJqm2r9Xy2K4jilKF1WrAcQNyEcqoKpc85z21Fd1BoEQ6Jb6a_TIOkfDS40yAeKfuIwFvf9XzQFJO2B5qCdl-Y9JdaM7QoRbRGVjmMJf04NDGpsYg1JWtRe0AQHPsRX5TBUgSndgQ

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