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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 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 az836972.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
SOFTFORCE LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac2c1e0a970303c9b401eaf4b638032d

SHA-1:
ac4cfa71fe1d4ffef9c5b06190bbf8f9202559f5

SHA-256:
fa33b498b2bba0031067a1f29816713b4204f3caec9a5e562c210480c718f9e1

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:
6/2/2024 9:05:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SOFTFORCE.Bundler (M)
16.2.13.11

File size:
569.1 KB (582,752 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:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/11/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/11/2016 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
33BB3B97566AF3E76EB1CA5F67A62CAB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2015 11:47:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uxPanLUAPGEXKrqjC9+4PGr0JUnJ7V5qfhdQIW/+aBefBMDeuD7AjCeHEc:uPsGo7C9+4vJUJgvWWQepMyuD7peHEc

Entry address:
0x1A03CF

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:
7.8725

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1 MB (1,100,800 bytes)

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

http://az836972.vo.msecnd.net/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NrqJ2HDO3-waDwOmKMWgiH3wHiplLGza17wqzLSqX4uv8Bwp8jzQa7WaAigw6YEcYRdc_POJShB1_nJy_QapFcg0vAEiNCrxjfpro73JbeoWxoN12jYkrmuXUpJ3p3J7Su8yvvOoZSCakGuzTEJSp9alS_X7Xp468XnhBUqr5QUPCoihgxjaXc5xap2Ns3Qqgy7jUWEWYW76VbIcWcIANG5kPhm2HaxtuQrvmk9tpq1s0wVOxXLC-mtWlWx0uucoDczVPH82WxGXbdClJF9-2lbQswPG7KX5hCP8TCDOSnzXr7SnVt3TB5Zh1BNxoNXSAxv2iOhtqMTU4ZugRSy_GzVltMr58nDyNT_LK_xJqQLjYU3-TGNlJgQzXpQQG-syJPmum-BJ3aO-anUQyzLCw497Q7xuWWr5hePcKsk6QZ2EHjk4rUMVJOn3XS1PyISjreb1lXHQpvT_hXbP3iEcJhk=

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