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Setup.exe

Trusted Download LLC

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 Trusted Download 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:
Trusted Download LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7c8dbe9103d5193005224e01af7844c7

SHA-1:
88a888f2fe52cefce3aa52298fc6bb871718898e

SHA-256:
27ab93ab2a39e4b7cc8e08739457e2f8c0efe6fa9f94fcf8f88dae6c856f3235

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:
5/4/2024 4:34:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.10

File size:
685.6 KB (702,048 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted Download LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Trusted Download LLC, O=Trusted Download LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1E5A42105630D6BE1AF9E8D797DD5A79

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2015 7:01:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 9C, 6E, 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, 00, 40, 84, C9, 75, 40, C0, DD, 16, F9, 2B, C2, 56, 57, 8B, F9, 00, 20, 16, 00, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 40, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 3B, 00, 74, 14, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 09, 5F, 70, 5A, 00, 83, 78, 04, 00, 8D, 70, 04, 75, F1, 75, 17, 68, BD, C0, 83, 58, 90, 68, 58, 1B, 51, 24, E8, B6, 0B, 62, 6B, 13, CA, 26, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8B, 47, 04, 89, 06, C7, 07, 5F, 5E, 01, F8, 2E, 45, 6A, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9055

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,113,088 bytes)

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