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setupwizard.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 setupwizard.exe by Smart Secure software SL has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Smart Secure software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cb9dcd54e08cd4496b1709a334afd7ed

SHA-1:
4a1b79f9c148d18557a9eb05217a645803d28898

SHA-256:
6975741a33484504899ba72024afa3d8710f58a2b917b0ba1508ec45811e027f

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/25/2024 8:24:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.31

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Softpulse.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-GP [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3154

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.176
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
8.15.04.01.09

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
4/1/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
15.4.25

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!CB9DCD54E08C
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dpsdgl
0.30.8.659

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.31.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.31.2

Sophos
Generic PUA EK
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
38882

File size:
560.1 KB (573,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\apps\2.0\a1nmth1a.4jw\hzr0z5pg.v77\setu...app_2628e500709a5a3f_0000.0001_e776827b2be7ba43\setupwizard.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/22/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 6:59:59 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:
3/26/2015 9:49:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Czf4Nu04rcLuqN610fqewVb8iaWDESDPrTHjP5YPozw89WX:CzANoILDgCCbb8ia9SDrTDP5VT8

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 94, 1D, 5E, 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, 4E, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 52, 77, A8, 0E, 68, 69, EC, 97, 0F, 14, 94, 54, E8, 6C, 9D, 0C, B4, 50, D8, C1, 40, 22, 08, BF, 39, 8A, 3E, 07, 7A, 92, A7, 86, 6C, A4, D9, FC, 6E, 7A, 31, 1B, CB, C5, D2, 97, 06, A3, 11, 66, BE, 61, 7D, C8, E9, 23, 4A, 4A, 8C, 77, 58, AB, B5, 07, 40, 58, AE, A0, 2A, 3B, 16, B7, 90, AF, D2, AB, 84, F7, E4, FE, BD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9354

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,267,712 bytes)

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