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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 winzip.exe by Softpulse SLU has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.files101.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse SLU  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2781e69538cc1dfc19e4b9193c4809bc

SHA-1:
b19eb5b07354d2f03d81e1a8be1b5c6101acca61

SHA-256:
db91cbf34b0547b8ad47c7114d8c9a18069dc6d8d6d66eff69cfaeaa67e1a243

Scanner detections:
25 / 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 3:57:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
922

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.164.52

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-A [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Softpulse
2015.0.3400

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
1.0.20.1045

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Inject-10285
0.98/19168

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5055
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-9489cb6d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-28-07_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Inject
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12846

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3495

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7056

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
15.0.0.627

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbobdv
0.28.2.60990

Norman
Malware
11.20140728

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.28.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftpulseSLU.G
14.7.27.23

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,245,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse SLU

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/9/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/10/2015 6:59:59 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:
6/13/2014 10:15:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:chRyk5BKO3gux5cGnWYu2qR3Jai7r9rfPn9vYjzNJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnx:ch4qvQImGWYu2w7Nmn1

Entry address:
0x3B5D

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 38, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, A0, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 44, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1...
 
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Entropy:
7.5804

Code size:
100 KB (102,400 bytes)

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

http://www.files101.com/.../winzip.exe

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