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setup.exe

File Setup LCC

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 setup.exe by File Setup LCC 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 downloadcore.blob.core.windows.net.
Publisher:
File Setup LCC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e073a2da3bf4b560341e7a7a96aac0d0

SHA-1:
0fffd67b14d65525c1e18a8145b690a38b695478

SHA-256:
1810de1fb04caabca99945366dee1098ed9836cc6a2e77af12760f43c9d0892b

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:
4/30/2024 7:53:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.FileSetupLCC.Bundler (M)
16.2.11.21

File size:
562.9 KB (576,376 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LCC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/16/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LCC, O=File Setup LCC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0629F30DCECC62A8E72B47625BD36601

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/21/2016 8:52:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:hq5Jt/wrvzW26jIq3aMi97XgDMi5EHOasL9hEeVzoS3/:h2UvzW5jIEa7FZi50sJhbT/

Entry address:
0x1A5C30

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, D9, 30, 1A, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 2C, 0C, 08, 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:
7.9520  (probably packed)

Code size:
520 KB (532,480 bytes)

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

https://downloadcore.blob.core.windows.net/blobs/22/.../Setup.exe

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