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installation.exe

Smart Secure Software S.l.

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 installation.exe by Smart Secure Software S.l has been detected as adware by 22 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.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
80713434ba1ee22d69c2aa5e87c8c387

SHA-1:
a4adb656e3315020e54d2f5fe81597ba86b7ade7

SHA-256:
3ca0899fa113cc77f997d257b934c5e9c7111e1ce96a1c324a7b917622eaac19

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
7/5/2025 1:04:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
719

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/PECompact
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/DomaIQ.Gen
2015.02.08

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aonb
7.11.209.156

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
150129-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3206

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.230

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.121
9.0.1.046

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
8.15.02.15.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-15-02_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.194.14941

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2481

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.138

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dnpqdl
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.07.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse
15.2.7.10

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.125
2.0.0.2062

File size:
597.1 KB (611,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/15/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=El Pozo 17B, 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:
3FE11492275B337C9F032D96A4574137

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/6/2015 5:50:00 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:I7Oh3Ijqa1vRKa10FhS2VbxSGWnEA+TeCJa2xijKuvaxX:Gv9MvhfYGVrJxxIvaxX

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, AC, EB, 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, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 50, C3, B3, 4D, 8B, AA, 6F, 3C, 66, 49, EA, EB, 19, BD, C7, 82, 96, 83, 13, D5, 21, E6, B3, 35, 2C, 6C, 27, 10, A2, 84...
 
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Entropy:
7.9465

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,218,048 bytes)

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

http://oz.clickflv.com/flv/gb/.../index.php?sid=2023&dv1=ad2020-gb&kw1=ad2020-gb-lm&uuid=4f29756c-28a1-4491-4845-7f8a9aa40586&dv3=4f29756c-28a1-4491-4845-7f8a9aa40586

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