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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 33 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp1001.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cd2d9e73816cde3b6ba73aa5f7d03d9b

SHA-1:
6782286ae128b4eca01c1792aabb97d3063bb379

SHA-256:
14194d4a2ee8c73b1848d6ff596c45e0d91ebf2ff9a9b1be4012ed1bc569d647

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 10:09:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
6146690

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.04.10

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Softpulse.Gen8
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-C [PUP]
2014.9-150410

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3144

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
1.0.20.500

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Multiplug-33061
0.98/20302

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.I
21711

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5055
9.0.1.0100

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
8.15.04.10.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.462
4/10/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-59a867b1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 00000000 (Adware)
2015.7.12.21

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15544

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2214

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.6800

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
16.0.0.300

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmxty
0.30.10.952

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Inject.1255944
14.11.18.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.10.03

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.B4
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.9.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.SoftPulse!6.1B09
23.00.65.15408

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783262
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.76501
2.0.0.1984

File size:
1.2 MB (1,254,216 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 2:48:56 AM

Valid to:
2/13/2015 2:48:56 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 4:09:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SZ2NJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJQX1DITxesO+rSNBQ:bX10evatfkCbnZek

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)

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

http://www.lpmxp1001.com/.../Setup.exe

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