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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 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Softpulse SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ce8d8e65eb77558ac45456ec02710445

SHA-1:
59992b862a0a859a68d651a110dc6a271d7517c6

SHA-256:
b8c1e3591cba8083900c6869fe54b1d396631d0bb7bda05295406690c83567fe

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 5:54:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.01

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.164.214

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-B [PUP]
2014.9-140731

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3396

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-3
0.98/19168

Dr.Web
Adware.DigiPlug.1
9.0.1.0212

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.D potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.19

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.182.12911

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3476

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7052

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DigiPlug.dbewep
0.28.2.61148

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.31.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SoftpulseSL.F
14.7.31.16

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1.1 MB (1,204,040 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:
2/11/2014 4:48:56 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2015 4:48:56 PM

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:
6/12/2014 12:06:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Rwa9bJpyO5uWDJUt4HhlG5gYbBIq70/80zr/80zQ:Rwa9bRuW1W4BlG5vWqA/L3/Lc

Entry address:
0x463D

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 39, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 80, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 80, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, A0, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 68, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 44, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 68, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1...
 
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Entropy:
7.6164

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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