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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:
4f9dda596c7f31efe6483931fc5a376b

SHA-1:
d645d60164869e2818a8007f0cbb44e764c906b0

SHA-256:
ea846c0c90a6a6d360c255d1a4286f141fbc98f062cb126ee7a73f73a364d931

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:
5/20/2024 5:02:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SOFTFORCE.Bundler (M)
16.2.1.4

File size:
670.1 KB (686,168 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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/11/2016 12:59:59 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:
11/12/2015 11:14:58 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QE4MPYxjsqM776himhxOdTu5MuBGqqTugX1pIgyNdnZnN9rx920846aZRc:LbkwqAaxOBub8p1kZzrx9RZRc

Entry address:
0x1A3000

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
632 KB (647,168 bytes)

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

http://az836972.vo.msecnd.net/sLgAXC1SyRywfFNY7PYFT1SnHaVobLg20lhkDroX9OEbdVnm3OloKg5nY_c_HEOMzMFkXNFoGfgldQz46po0y8bmV2ziHRCHChROpq7Jc1SOdVd0Su2oxw9hJhDOixFwdxc9wYl6I_8g6EB8b0Cpndsd0Sv9aTaQPkGq5TVCuOS-jzlE3bS42JQyd8JQlsboHczMK7-33D8WWDkiTqcuFh3Ub2VEkCORkL4q_GtsmAnKjKFaIUsfIzBw-FaRvnzeIEB2h08Ft-25y6H_D6GcySyfFGFuZG1LLurjR_woHqV06cK9xaHCWQ9gd2h9zguA7N1e00LDfn-RSL5ePh2Q3Xy9ArsQVuo8-6MB007GwOueRwswpq0xCRlUhfhjhIE9AWsan_mITSC8_kGMvqwzi1JBegn9F20gQkTXQTQwPdUsijieyqvKQXEf6TcbhTulYB-oQuB5sY5ufIQSLvXwjA

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