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Softpulse SLU

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 SLU has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3762d84ba1bce641dd23de227ff78fd5

SHA-1:
fc0728f363a41abb78b1b52b608366c21f6f47bb

SHA-256:
ee2c8c43e388e7b17ccf34e7135cab532dc00c5200d12f2ad978e257fc32e0e1

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 7:05:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.11.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.188.28

AVG
Softpulse
2015.0.3283

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28138
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.SoftPulse
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14098

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.6939

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dghbnm
0.28.6.63474

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SoftpulseSLU.F
14.11.21.23

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35010

File size:
665.6 KB (681,528 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\nqbxk7gd\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/9/2014 2:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/10/2015 1:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse SLU, O=Softpulse SLU, STREET="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:
00F5AD21F5B60D3815776CE20025D5B9B8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/11/2014 4:55:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mW7QEPxzyz+BUS6ehuLTTDj8pWbZxYUElqPieKGytdnoCWaP:mW7RASBUS7huvjMPlqPdK/tdnoCW2

Entry address:
0x4C057

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 88, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 0B, 41, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D4, 0C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 95, 36, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, B4, 06, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, BC, 40, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Entropy:
6.4114

Code size:
453 KB (463,872 bytes)

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