Setup.exe

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 file Setup.exe by Softpulse S.l 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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1f801987a84f45b1f0e0c24980c37364

SHA-1:
6bfc49210519cc617235e4e1d5a92c11faccecd0

SHA-256:
b4bd8a9a602696d26e5eebaa53c754413417a64474c439a5359cf7c96e64c1ff

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:
5/6/2024 12:19:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.10

File size:
562.3 KB (575,808 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
3/26/2015 6:40:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, A4, 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, 54, 7B, 89, 27, 76, 64, AD, A3, AB, AD, E5, 39, 38, C4, 57, F9, 34, 27, 51, 6C, 4F, DF, 98, 4F, 38, 41, C4, 95, DB, C0, E7, 17, AD, BB, BE, 67, AD, 5B, A9, 4B, 77, 8F, C7, 68, 2F, AF, 88, 89, 06, 02, A2, 42, B7, 40, 20, 08, 4E, 83, 78, AF, A6, 1D, 29, E4, 6E, 33, 26, DD, BF, 8D, A9, ED, E6, 30, 99, 7F, 78, C8, 9B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9371

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,267,712 bytes)

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