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setup.exe

Pecoku

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, “Pecoku Setup ” 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 ttb.nwfileds.com.
Publisher:
Setup Manager LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pecoku

Description:
Pecoku Setup

Version:
4.1.3.2

MD5:
8b6a80193b717c4dd3be270a083a0606

SHA-1:
d7db238c3ade0d70292a149f8525809d8cb5e5a3

SHA-256:
2d496958dc81003dc77dd610753e0d60a749c7c1d57a34df307164895df54901

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:
4/19/2024 9:22:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SetupMan.Bundler (M)
16.7.3.6

File size:
940.7 KB (963,248 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Manager LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/16/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/15/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Setup Manager LLC, O=Setup Manager 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:
5B54F9A49482444F2A26324DAC8E187D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/UiACTHPwYKAdf+s/IPwv079thrcWQTRpX9LSMx2gXN:/pbTvuAlfQ2GdroRpX1SMT

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://ttb.nwfileds.com/download/request/.../zKRokukn?__tc=1428971986.745&lpsl=5bb93f795504fa7c06f5eedf18075e29&expire=1429058374&pub_id=P51421539&ce_cid=uj0pic330lXuHDUIg8f5AKRkVp_YeHwjTtwycQOlOnLUIBPszitfzljPC-zaf-dRb53PPxKp2sCzupBoGnRSyAk6XU3ZYyZMPaeEledjzEn-J6hoFqOxz8momvpWGr4qdZSzc61GHuzHEo8wcm9B3VkttqzO7oqf4NS09bscAnM_OggKfUYCYSs-B8zUcbkE51HsoxSDBSr0Nbc-syjEDlq6-AQxln1X7SqaBGxqnfiiwdtAUeAl9h6xMO9I2s2OAKR-Svf2aeRaMP-m53kGuy0Y5uz7HKJoARyx4xRRbrkhLg-pJ7_W_QTKShl35thxIfBoFHhy8MN4o3Brzf1Xyg-zaBODzUrGLlGVA3DeO_Zgn0DSqthHtHRX6s_G1C1WjWvgH_WwBptbIEegyb45RS-18T0tdBH1C51MPb78E6KnMBp22hsDd3Exum_f&fileName=Setup

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