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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 az852137.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
File Setup LCC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
97fcd6c48253686d2a5bfe61e9695f50

SHA-1:
2a056cf4f2d5e293ab4498506fd3976eb10845c8

SHA-256:
c62cbec97dc8ed562b1c3e5ec059eeee463383d75e14d585d9baaf826167e593

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:
5/5/2024 8:40:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.26.4

File size:
1.4 MB (1,502,072 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:
1/12/2016 9:44:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xKp3A0hVZqV9CDrcvgTz1SikItCabnydz5UjvHBI4ScqN5kQSfq3hrxrjtEBMuK7:M31VZZgkz1S1Is558lSnNydC35dyMxDM

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, FC, 31, 88, 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, 80, 07, 2E, 70, 6A, 01, 68, D4, 6A, 00, B8, BC, A4, 76, 17, 00, A0, B3, 32, 02, 4B, 83, 65, FC, 00, C7, 05, 04, 50, 84, 00, C4, 9B, 40, EA, 02, 08, 83, 4D, FC, FF, 68, C0, 6B, 31, EB, CB, 59, 23, 77, 51, B8, 0B, 68, 55, 27, FC, F8, 08, C7, 45, FC, A3, FE, E5, D0, F8, E0, A8, 8E, 3F, AE, 97, 0C, 0C, C7, EA, F8, F1, 38, 9C, 00, 6C, 8B, AD, 19, 01, 20, EE, 06, 24, EB, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9336

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,763,200 bytes)

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

http://az852137.vo.msecnd.net/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NpxHwFKAOiKh6Fm0ZBWiiJtX2s0wehiBBjepg8-9HN1AAWw4L9FJZo7iZaCxL7qTVU62-J-FJr1-eRFvmbrv3npTNpXYMGZieQjXSkq4wDPwYoY8VAXGTKO5bmu4sSQuF_qP_oLGPpsDxY2eZHjGxgPZaYmVyR10q2Lij1etYAbvK5ooM0I9Oytsg_A7zJxoStvO90-cgpPCGs1gbuJegd1UFbJDVTCqmSSExYG3bOH9cf1kK2o3uffxeYgJ67s07j-uzzCa3gvlmc5hDufwgw1KSZYsc1PIoHBovVCoDF9YhkIpReex-3HZQcBQxu55Z1jm3OuK-xjyIgqnS8sTe5tLTKy0tikYjsTZ89G9FeJwen70ezLGXjK20y6O79oW1jfHTwR35hrEO3SJqTItT_UflZRTSvNN-hOJxJa_iNM1l_5i2mAEmnYU9J3BEfbpUQYnXGKQ7HltwSgv-YxVjw4=

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