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Setup.exe

Smart Secure Software 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 file Setup.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3872e4bc3c7d51bbbe1417b779d7a475

SHA-1:
d804bcef682e18aa8d0aba2b15caa1a5d376031d

SHA-256:
b1346ff245a1931564413638e61248c1d0bb89ca794b3bf8ca6f1b90cc071f1f

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/26/2024 4:17:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SoftPulse.9
5646091

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/PECompact
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Virut.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150418

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SoftPulse.9
1.0.20.540

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-166
0.98/20340

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.121
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SoftPulse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SoftPulse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.19.22

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14866

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2173

Quick Heal
PUA.Smartsecur.Gen
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Softpulse.Bundler
15.4.18.5

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.SoftPulse!6.1B30
23.00.65.15416

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DriverUpd
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.125
2.0.0.2142

File size:
489.1 KB (500,880 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Guia de isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D60847E39B584310D58407A5090B843C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/4/2015 1:59:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:jZ9VKB+bndBjy7P9fvgfXaOuSxWk25RQ5myEW9isP8r+V:jjs+bnL27P9XkKODORQmyP9isPXV

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 38, 5D, 5C, 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, 89, B7, 46, A8, 35, 1A, BE, 39, 90, 02, 64, 63, D4, 4D, F1, C0, 20, A5, 61, 18, A4, 39, C2, 90, 55, B5, FB, D5, 61, D9, 47, 5C, 05, 66, 64, D5, 6F, 56, EA, 40, 2D, 79, 1C, BF, 07, EE, 38, F2, BF, BC, 5B, 9B, A4, 70, 47, D0, 03, 07, 2F, 43, D3, 1F, CA, CA, F0, D1, 52, D9, A8, 19, 30, 79...
 
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Entropy:
7.9398

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,089,536 bytes)

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