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setup.exe

SOFTFORCE LLC

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 SOFTFORCE 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 az845772.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
SOFTFORCE LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
39b5ad620e4b8f0db7066f99c263e23e

SHA-1:
1bfbad8f18ce02d248336dc554f93508e17439ad

SHA-256:
a8d4052ec55603eb6a6787096b2b77a4018f2125934465cb7d237eb1c2345f66

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:
5/2/2024 8:26:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SOFTFORCE.Bundler (M)
16.2.2.10

File size:
659.4 KB (675,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SOFTFORCE LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/10/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SOFTFORCE LLC, O=SOFTFORCE LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
33BB3B97566AF3E76EB1CA5F67A62CAB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/18/2016 1:02:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0ebSE47w8AzD7Y+PtuAE5CmJO20EgeuabGXTwXu2OhbE6l5JNb:0ebHHzfYouljZpNqXkil5JNb

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 40, AC, 5A, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 8A, 08, 40, 84, C9, 75, F9, 2B, C2, FF, 75, 14, B9, 00, C7, 21, 10, 0C, 08, E8, 28, 0B, CF, BB, 1D, BA, 6D, 21, 83, C4, 10, D1, 4B, 20, 16, 00, 40, 56, 57, 8B, F9, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 3C, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 37, 00, CD, C2, 37, 01, 74, 13, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 70, 04, C0, 02, 11, 8B, 75, F2, 17, 68, BD, 00, B0, 1E, C4, 02, 68, 38, FB, 50, 04, 00, 00, FF, A2, 6D, 8B, 0C, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8949

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,104,384 bytes)

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

http://az845772.vo.msecnd.net/GetMPSing?dd=http://.../MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NpkN77fjSGS2rRXFuGV2yUBeLxPdEbv2ZayRJ2FBGAs_rj0-bZtB7jDchn_qE9OWivyn9TUDz687WugTifezHzctOLLTvFEJwrtl-WD4BUtWUNE-QtPcvQj-pWZRBTa_C10uDIUM0oSGtkPje5-Noi9Q_uoTaW8K6VvUwxyPrplPVAhjdkZWScWoM8RvOgMYfYh2QfZGo1SsmSktBjIYlbb5AeP3Ap6nLgK8Uo_CJXwO54BG9In5qdMnv0V6jJSus3Z5zJWOiu2cwUk_O62hwO4JbtAuNuOd3NjRwIE0Y26Mwfk3BZEbQbi_H7w4nYllqYHoakjAaD3fnkhBxizPquQdeA7gddrQBww5DjU8Yc2NzptK25W7cK6oqHO3aThiuDFquCZryxQ71kbsy2_9CVOz0_Q68eqWpaVTdlMRuE8NaBfxejzqEMm6JXdf_kFO0Q==

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