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Sambamedia 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 Sambamedia SL has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Sambamedia SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
269a0dfc94ff2a0fbb90f379c17c0cbe

SHA-1:
3d3acb0a8b04f79ef9410290773d9ac85a1a29ca

SHA-256:
1db3a7c87fa374d14b1e369f215f92bd14860171f8331b6b96e77a1f083e24ea

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:02:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
928

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.163.92

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3406

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.1015

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-2
0.98/19185

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
18934

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26972
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-7488f3d7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-07_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12806

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.07.22.11

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7062

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.609

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dbbifl
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.22.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SambamediaSL.I
14.7.22.10

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

File size:
790.4 KB (809,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/24/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/25/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia SL, O=Sambamedia SL, STREET="La Botavara, 1 2", L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B3AB0358C7184E7B47E1675806B74132

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/27/2014 12:26:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:bawlctMtfAMwPUNjZqh5etJpruJxxjTc/jHsPDaYsk3:baw16MwPejQetYjTc/sz

Entry address:
0x4D429

Entry point:
E8, EA, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 40, 36, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D2, 0C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 93, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, B2, 06, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, F1, 35, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Entropy:
6.3438

Code size:
454.5 KB (465,408 bytes)

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