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Setup Manager 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 Setup Manager 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 kingsdowns.com.
Publisher:
Setup Manager LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
70702fc5d62023279a6b7198f85d230a

SHA-1:
aea2447250b556a06381ac9ac0ebe32d6b79ec65

SHA-256:
2fa64590f76eeb5c219888507a232ad0d926cc49a2db4eb501734d321467599a

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:
4/23/2024 10:41:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SetupManager.Bundler (M)
16.3.3.22

File size:
485.6 KB (497,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Manager LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/16/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Setup Manager LLC, O=Setup Manager LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0083BDD227DBB7AC8288AA961219124A1B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2015 9:34:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:etDyfK49N2repycGHbt/mB4b1pHLT9gjY3RNuF5X:Fi4bc7ZmB4J9LpIYbW

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, B0, DC, 58, 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, 5D, A6, CB, FE, E1, 56, 16, CD, 5D, 72, C0, 17, CF, 7D, EE, 01, 07, 95, 8A, 01, 86, CF, 52, 4F, D9, A7, 64, 8D, B7, 4C, E0, 12, B4, DF, 60, 56, E2, 04, 0D, FC, 26, AF, 52, 74, 4A, AA, 7A, 4E, FD, 26, 75, 3F, 75, A6, 35, E3, DC, 39, E8, C5, C5, 40, A6, AD, 79, 18, 3D, 77, D1, F3, 70, 9C, 1B, 29, D4, BB, C5, 4B, F2, 47, 67, D3, DD, CD, 2C, 2D, D8, C8, EA, 45, 02, 45, 38...
 
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Entropy:
7.9406

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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

http://kingsdowns.com/fly/.../gb.php?kw1=xad206-usgbfr-728-js-lm-AD-flv-gb-apx

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