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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 az836972.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
SOFTFORCE LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d93b59fd93d37bce604f85358f1981ab

SHA-1:
585ebb2e4431cac23e7fffc231765dfb58f112c8

SHA-256:
2216b6c6744f52b4253eb29192d928aab950a21c597e13bd6ede6837f99ffd27

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:
6/3/2024 6:16:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SOFTFORCE.Bundler (M)
16.2.14.9

File size:
670.1 KB (686,160 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:
3/11/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/11/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
11/12/2015 12:14:58 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AE4MPYxjsqM776himhxOdTu5MuBGqqTugX1pIgyNdnZnN9rx920846aZRV:7bkwqAaxOBub8p1kZzrx9RZRV

Entry address:
0x1A3000

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8646

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
632 KB (647,168 bytes)

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

http://az836972.vo.msecnd.net/NSJeKcOnq_Q4K3K4tFLt0Dod0lItUXN4qStPF7R-WP5nhYM-cjMvuGT2VC-yxfYqvRg-wufjASLyd9FbfWqCqD0XmTM6hykCXzhpHvewatCCRP9_LOIXvudkm4KSm45h7B7LbdQqqLkEtEMYgKlqUbrRUQcjwVeAXiUuhd88PgE97atmiC63hvxhC65zBxip4PwBwC3vvXStRg9XWb5R4riv_D2rjb_UC3VGyxAy3G9qVuc14XJPC-tFcAeTxTMIHUSYzetamouAi8JGjiE7-FusuSKUIVJMzlM-Q7BiLdxSJ1RiBHaPLgPfmnVnjyYtzGyT3otWgTnLfVpGHnuoqDsndqf45xbJxi1xpIUM0Pj-zv1bdc53vPpmuIVOgpsiWbdls8iJtxZuNc_WtCVaGS0qezDzqN5aWSCxuTC8EifDlNmN-Zq337KauMEnisROM8nEDM1Hu710gdujqr0i4YaYZHtHBdnKveE1hMCaYag

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