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setup.exe

File Setup LCC

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 File Setup LCC 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 az852137.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
File Setup LCC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
211faa327b43742ab4a2b86e0c23bcd0

SHA-1:
734c6839dc3807c850e3d1a624499b58a3ed2dee

SHA-256:
78488040c1f72c446d231e764232c3f42e6774e6dc953ce0b93dba4ba508b6cf

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:
5/1/2024 11:00:02 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.5.8

File size:
1.7 MB (1,805,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup LCC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/15/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LCC, O=File Setup LCC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0629F30DCECC62A8E72B47625BD36601

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/12/2016 1:14:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 98, 31, 88, 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, 91, A5, 12, 0F, 6A, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, EA, D4, 21, 5B, FF, 00, B8, BC, A4, 76, C0, 1F, 32, 02, 4B, 83, 65, 70, FC, 07, C7, 05, 04, 50, 84, 03, C4, 9B, 7E, 44, 7E, 4D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 0A, FF, 68, C0, 6B, 2B, 02, 31, EB, CB, 59, 85, 22, 0B, 08, 2F, 68, F1, 08, 1D, E9, 45, FB, 43, D7, 11, 2B, F8, 40, 10, E0, B8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 97, 8F, 10, 0C, A9, 01, 11, 38, 9C, 4D, 40...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,763,200 bytes)

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

http://az852137.vo.msecnd.net/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NpxHwFKAOiKh6Fm0ZBWiiJvKjzQSd56HhzRHx6ny8oyB-iZw8eZYDM-AdFNN_Y0J6vcttrGVvytyKQbaVrSOsAXTf3af_KJtQ-wRb-s_tD8syOayNIpRGNcjGAdr1XbYCdaEjZf3Yo-c0QSvJoth9YxKYAonA93QoYxHUrqdfMm91zT2mA4klxfRCvxysq0XS2sFzAx3PY7PMYCnsAygqq3VqmO-Hr0b6fEceTOR7W2HvZr5iDM7oaKRaa0dEQIVBMP6Wmw6xh4BieZj6ol1X-po_OMKNm4P3wlUmVcNaxg6Ox9muHeWnuV06-9udVeZbqfoVcemktc-yPr7vM8TscUHKBi8rW-UK2YXgHxdWZIyIRYhIf2Ca1l-f7tH_sxxMnXJ6kEL_47du507hFnAMmQW-o1Mn4x03ZfPfkyxL54HkK4cVdgEuXQF1wS_I_GLhyrD9Xcq_LJlI3zjVTD9oxM=

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