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setup.exe

Softforce 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 application setup.exe by Softforce has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.anyprotect.com.
Publisher:
Softforce LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
137e9e0568ca6c1b81737264c685139f

SHA-1:
8bc04c94baf9cc0a712e4cbd2579f94dfa6ced14

SHA-256:
1ea14af70c148224ede227b09cdb5a1c43d12721125365f08f3329f53b78b0d1

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 2:26:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.mew
7.11.212.236

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3185

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.2.27.23

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37788

File size:
466.5 KB (477,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softforce LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 6:59:59 PM

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

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:
70BFB33C404020FA465CC17A6A1894B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2015 8:39:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iDxtVm6fJftzJ65Enf/FhPawnAM8FRSe1zpMPSM/wv2d:OtrBtzM56yJ2eNQ2

Entry address:
0x184390

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9375

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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

http://www.anyprotect.com/ddl.php?ch=ap_mar1&sub1=Z3dXVpZD05MDlhMTlmMi0xZGZhLTQ0NTctYTE2YS1mYWQ4NWY5Y2U3YWE

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