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Softpulse SL

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 Softpulse SL has been detected as adware by 25 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.
Publisher:
Softpulse SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8477b2ad299c5dc93bafa58c8bb58815

SHA-1:
3054496c2cd6b0de1cea4da8677b43141bb7d342

SHA-256:
ef51da52d1c86171140c474e20e04c644b135b0ed2869f4c869d495157186067

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/24/2024 2:25:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
926

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.24

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.BYX
7.11.163.184

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-C [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3404

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
1.0.20.1025

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Processhijack-11
0.98/19185

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5055
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-e4a0d23e
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-24-07_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12819

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3514

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7060

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
15.0.0.615

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmxty
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.24.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SoftpulseSL.F
14.7.24.2

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,254,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/12/2014 3:18:56 AM

Valid to:
2/13/2015 3:18:56 AM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SL, O=Softpulse SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11210602DAEE0BE4AA7D855EE48D3D77A3CC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/2014 3:39:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iZ2NJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJQX1DITxesO+rSNBY:rX10evatfkCbnZeM

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6...
 
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Entropy:
7.6148

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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