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setup.exe

Softpulse 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 Softpulse SL has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from dlp.downloadyourplayer.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Softpulse SL (signed and verified)

MD5:

d78d5a179d4f872297741768e37ad1c8

SHA-1:

ecf0fe9216ed70fb489579eebb95b95ca2b8490f

SHA-256:

186a7277c4ee270137ac82e967a55d2c7b7814c265a36bca2c6286b5f86ef358

Scanner detections:

31 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:

4/25/2024 1:24:01 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.urX@a4STEeIi

859

Agnitum Outpost

Riskware.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.BundleInstaller

2014.08.03

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Downloader.Gen8

7.11.165.16

avast!

Win32:SoftPulse-C [PUP]

2014.9-140928

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3337

Bitdefender

Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.urX@a4STEeIi

1.0.20.1355

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Agent-748009

0.98/19452

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.27985

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.urX@a4STEeIi

8.14.09.28.05

ESET NOD32

Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-b3d654c0

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.urX@a4STEeIi

11.2014-28-09_1

G Data

Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.urX@a4STEeIi

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup(4).exe (Adware)

2014.12.10.3

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.DigiPlug

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.180.12484

Kaspersky

Trojan.Win32.Inject

14.0.0.3181

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Downloader

v2014.09.28.05

McAfee

CryptDomaIQ

5600.6993

Microsoft Security Essentials

Threat.Undefined

1.185.1297.0

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.urX@a4STEeIi

15.0.0.813

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmyct

0.28.2.61148

Norman

SoftPulse.CERT

11.20140928

nProtect

Trojan/W32.Inject.1390912

14.09.28.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.28.05

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.SoftpulseSL.F

14.9.28.17

Sophos

SoftPulse

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downloader.Agent

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4783235

29708

Zillya! Antivirus

Downloader.Agent.Win32.195369

2.0.0.1856

File size:

1.3 MB (1,390,912 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Softpulse SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

2/11/2014 4:48:56 PM

Valid to:

2/12/2015 4:48:56 PM

Subject:

CN=Softpulse SL, O=Softpulse SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

11210602DAEE0BE4AA7D855EE48D3D77A3CC

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/2014 5:52:32 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:0t2/JJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJ8SJmU/2FYYak+F0G:mYFFYYQ0gPY43/fT

Entry address:

0x22DC

Entry point:

E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6... 
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Entropy:

7.4722

Code size:

97 KB (99,328 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://dlp.downloadyourplayer.com/p/151/Setup/476/.../Yg7XhLBi

http://ttb.downloadyourplayer.com/download/request/.../C3sLkMV9?ce_cid=&pub_id=176681&ce_cid=20qE8738js6aeay21zLf1D1vGIh.000.

http://network.adsmarket.com/.../iWhvm2acqZWLaW-bX8p6w4iQap5knn-XimKYnmWjfpW3YmmYYKF7w49ncZ1nnA?dp=ply_C12466056&dp2=P12051356&dp3=B12471059&dp4=cajbe4l3q3uQCwq19v393MEHZ8cqDMhRhY-wHgMu0_Z30nn1PsFY1UB85vm74DOlDxtNBNcmCT11vWeQq3vJgNvmUzpRV_m5gwMpobe5ue1QES2Uw96Gdk6A7bJtRFvObWnXNsh6zn4Mh6SeR6INyG6_UpMy4yMVvq6faeWFvzxFmgVbA2SrwKhAdEqXD2zCJYzG5EzSQFX38lueNj9IB2htPo09SnE9ytlwJADbafGo6K1L_Jjqtqeef5Kg19zEC55Q7X7MArIVc4nDXUXZJkxHHD4ee8C2xqx5uXkRdEgKktZZqVASEuiEieb6stbKz7K2J3IFxCwLogWoFtKQC0ZIoZzQPQh5AcXJGyQRoABMpvVcqY7grHmTAuU

http://s.m2pub.com/event/click/0/cajbe4l3q3uQCwq19v393MEHZ8cqDMhRhY-wHgMu0_Z30nn1PsFY1UB85vm74DOlDxtNBNcmCT11vWeQq3vJgNvmUzpRV_m5gwMpobe5ue1QES2Uw96Gdk6A7bJtRFvObWnXNsh6zn4Mh6SeR6INyG6_UpMy4yMVvq6faeWFvzxFmgVbA2SrwKhAdEqXD2zCJYzG5EzSQFX38lueNj9IB2htPo09SnE9ytlwJADbafGo6K1L_Jjqtqeef5Kg19zEC55Q7X7MArIVc4nDXUXZJkxHHD4ee8C2xqx5uXkRdEgKktZZqVASEuiEieb6stbKz7K2J3IFxCwLogWoFtKQC0ZIoZzQPQh5AcXJGyQRoABMpvVcqY7grHmTAuU/.../

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