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Pulse Rate

The application setup.exe by Pulse Rate has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
Pulse Rate  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.0.5808.9697

MD5:
4fab763d3ab2f4489057ca358256414d

SHA-1:
b58cbb8a576402d243cca6010a62eb2f02602e6e

SHA-256:
05961eea3ed8ecf16815bd1bb2585506cea4cb5c913b355946df0e4601a903a1

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 3:17:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
8.3.2.4

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.2913

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.151127

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-725
0.98/21100

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AZ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.212.17982

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Yontoo
v2015.11.27.02

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1077

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.BrowseFox/Variant
9483

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

File size:
610.9 KB (625,536 bytes)

Product version:
2015.11.26

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pulse Rate

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/5/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pulse Rate, O=Pulse Rate, L=Escondido, S=California, 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:
134BB35E93D8B39F3E798B499A66072F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2014 12:58:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:beianM3D0Fw/tN8dkmLtpHHHrh7xsp2NQNkEGEEEaQjuaQaT2qoay/+EgV3DXP:beipz0FmcLbH1xspEuGEEEaEFoadztX

Entry address:
0x31E4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 6C, 44, 00, E8, 1B, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 6B, 44, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2B, 44, 00, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 57, E8, FB, 23, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9652

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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