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setup.exe

Smart Secure software SL

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 Smart Secure software SL 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 kingsdowns.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
63b1a4ceffa862d6c1a63d53ef158de9

SHA-1:
dc9f18cf343b7a331cd5593f457ae4a28de3dc41

SHA-256:
ded8a9a435cd51bcb1f091255977f55ccd80706ad9ea30f54ec92a178df424cf

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:
4/20/2024 7:04:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSecuresoftware.Bundler (M)
16.1.8.4

File size:
664.1 KB (680,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/23/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure software SL, O=Smart Secure software SL, STREET="El Pozo, 17", L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

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

Serial number:
695DAE5AB4D326DD6518FA7C7ABFDADA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/8/2015 12:08:34 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:0S3eTgNmeWNEoZtSGgd143g1A1U/R+btHcxZVYQ01h65Xv9r95tu9wos6drYTigk:0KIRZt53lu/R+bt2PYp6xvT58ioFdeU

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, F0, 6A, 61, 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, D4, B8, C1, 70, 4E, 75, FB, 3B, 60, C4, 48, 29, 15, 6B, 4D, 99, 1D, 33, 16, FC, 02, EB, 12, E2, 6B, 06, 20, 54, 26, 96, 24, 55, 93, 6E, 84, 5B, 6B, C7, FF, FE, 06, 9A, 11, 9D, 34, 9F, BB, 9B, 0F, 2E, 8E, 80, 3F, 37, 5D, 96, CE, 70, CE, 55, F8, 90, 6A, 4D, 0A, AE, E5, F2, 0B, A2, 7F, 39, F3, 3D, 73, E9, B3, 61, D1, 40, 4F, A7, A0, C1, AC, B2, 65, 39, 08, BD, A8, 3C, 9C...
 
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Entropy:
7.5632

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,235,968 bytes)

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

http://kingsdowns.com/fly/.../gb.php?kw1=xad191-usgbfrcaau-300-js-lm-AD-flv-gb-apx

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