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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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
42b249423d9880a8d1f4dcb6f942a5df

SHA-1:
873d65a060688f9b071d7282a9abdfd76087e6cc

SHA-256:
8565fe7ca19363dd9595fc135bfe3543df8fb822cf328340973e16773b2e5e0f

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/25/2024 9:25:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.PKX
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.28

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oani
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-ER [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3159

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.PKX
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.PKX
8.15.04.01.12

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
4/1/2015

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.PKX
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Adware.Agent.PKX
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 306187.crdownload (Adware)
2015.6.30.12

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2291

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigitalPlugin.C
v2015.03.25.05

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.PKX
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dppdhf
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Adware.Agent.PKX
15.03.31.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.25.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
38552

File size:
534.8 KB (547,680 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 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 11:59:59 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:
3/25/2015 3:53:53 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:D7dsT3qZS9NlcLIcy9iUJVhnJiNz8PzGlTl6NaHoSUHCGn:D71kncLIcy9iUbhUpQKlTY9HCGn

Entry address:
0x1AB680

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, F5, 9C, 1A, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 71, A6, 07, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9486  (probably packed)

Code size:
496 KB (507,904 bytes)

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