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setup.exe

SOFTPULSE S.L.

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 SOFTPULSE S.L 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.
Publisher:
SOFTPULSE S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
93946c7065cda1bd24208c8efad5a0b7

SHA-1:
b87b622aa6dcf6bb7e1d17fafedefbf13dcff204

SHA-256:
1eb5788ef28e62556a05eb6a41caf1d7768426fd81c8615e078973da65ef6491

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/4/2024 11:49:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.2.17.21

File size:
500 KB (512,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SOFTPULSE S.L.

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2014 11:13:26 AM

Valid to:
7/8/2015 11:13:26 AM

Subject:
CN=SOFTPULSE S.L., O=SOFTPULSE S.L., L=Guia de Isora, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B582684D0A7AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2015 1:19:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 88, 7D, 59, 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, 10, 3B, F6, 14, D7, E7, AA, 56, E0, 7E, 15, F3, 0D, 6B, 6F, 01, C9, EA, 77, FE, F6, B9, 20, 31, A3, 98, 50, 70, B0, 78, F6, 5C, 05, 0D, 4E, D9, 48, 73, AC, 1F, A4, 4D, 92, 6B, 53, FD, 18, FB, 68, D5, EA, 5B, 02, 3E, 15, 10, 53, 0E, 05, CC, 3A, 0B, BF, 4E, 3E, 07, 51, 18, 50, 2A, 29, AC, FA, AF, 25, E5, E5, 5E, 79, 7E, 34, ED, DA, A2, 25, 57, 54, 22, 09, C7, 85, DE, 1F...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
996 KB (1,019,904 bytes)

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