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Softpulse SLU

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 SLU has been detected as adware by 26 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.lpmxp1002.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
43aad782233b18a755fdf4a0b74269ed

SHA-1:
7f7cb7bf999b8e09d28d08938b8e4b8bb60a72bc

SHA-256:
1571934dcdac65dfa51bab0c6dc8b2a4ad6ef40c265aca9495b1a9a4d70a5558

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/26/2024 3:46:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AY
906

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimizerPro
2014.07.13

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-O [PUP]
2014.9-140813

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3384

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AY
1.0.20.1125

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.11498531
0.98/19265

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.HEYS
19174

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28213
9.0.1.0225

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-14e3013b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AY
11.2014-13-08_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.AY
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.25.3

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12701

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3413

McAfee
Program.Socrydo
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AY
15.0.0.675

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcgbac
0.28.0.60698

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.13.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SoftpulseSLU.F
14.8.13.8

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31088

File size:
1.2 MB (1,210,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Softpulse SLU, L=Adeje, 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:
24817285DC7184D7D5190D0CE2CC6653

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/11/2014 7:50:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SUyrumsLQIB+JSZ3FuZMGrU0IzoMn4AADw492:LyrxyBtkZMGo0IzoM4AyI

Entry address:
0xC4BA

Entry point:
E8, 37, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, 92, C1, FF, FF, E9, DD, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, 83, C1, FF, FF, E9, CE, FF, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 78, 62, 44, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53...
 
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Entropy:
7.3783

Code size:
146 KB (149,504 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp1002.com/.../Setup.exe

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