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Softpulse S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 20 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 S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ed5a789c0e827603cc297103fa7c7230

SHA-1:
6ab2b912cada0325da17c5a878ed6fe5d9793215

SHA-256:
f1a8c0159b9a34e0f60290fdf608cd9cf2c83ec514fb8ef3fdcc0307c9a0f02c

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/23/2024 7:12:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.04.01

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Ramnit.C
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-ER [PUP]
2014.9-150401

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3153

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
8.15.04.01.08

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
4/1/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of google chrome.exe (Adware)
2015.7.6.5

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2258

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
16.0.0.273

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.1.8

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
38882

File size:
563.5 KB (577,000 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse S.l., O=Softpulse S.l., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
492522DB26914D38C21A797768B88A13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/30/2015 2:05:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:18ELs/lt82qI1u9Ol/fSXNioWIS9DIkOU+/RqwrJSG4j8:18KsbXqI1u9OxINoIS9EkmqwrJSlj8

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 94, 3D, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 4E, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 52, 77, A8, 11, 11, 5B, CA, 09, 54, EC, 40, 54, E8, 6C, 9D, 0C, B4, 50, D8, C1, 40, 22, 08, BF, 39, 8A, 3E, 07, 7A, 92, A7, 86, 6C, A4, D9, FC, 6E, 7A, 31, 1B, CB, C8, 03, 8B, 49, A3, 43, 59, 24, 73, 93, 39, D9, CD, E2, 7B, 49, E2, ED, 76, F5, DE, B1, EB, CF, A7, 2F, 70, 0E, DD, BC, 8D, 6B, E9, 95, 9D, 9E, 86, 5A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9459

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,268,224 bytes)

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