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setup.exe

Softforce llc

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 Softforce llc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ashukawdvew.azureedge.net.
Publisher:
Softforce llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7d17171df15d8101d204583d3608aad2

SHA-1:
3d6117f6a4f6c9b9711d5772545a19f67ab1f313

SHA-256:
7ebe28fe07560e9003bddecac54313e28a183a25dd49c0b46ebd2e39739e5422

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/8/2026 1:56:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.21.23

File size:
520.5 KB (532,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softforce llc

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2017 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softforce llc, O=Softforce llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
021C492895C2A9321EACF11881EF9459

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/7/2016 3:27:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:W/Sr/sbzTnhUUr18oKZQbhI8ojkoCdYJHhd:lLOzzKUZ8oKZ3d4nmBj

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D0, 4F, 59, 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, 4C, 7E, 69, C4, 2B, 0C, FD, 10, 21, B8, BE, BF, 26, D1, B0, F0, 6F, 22, 9E, D5, E7, CE, 58, 7C, C1, 79, 6D, E8, 86, 71, DC, FB, B3, 0A, C9, 36, 3B, 50, E9, B6, 06, 16, BF, 1C, 5B, 3A, 52, 49, D5, A6, F8, 41, D5, 4D, 5D, B2, 8E, CC, ED, 84, FB, F4, 22, F5, 0C, F2, B2, 8A, F9, 74, 4D, 82, CE, 9F, 5D, 8B, E7, F6, D1, D5, 56, 45, 8E, BC, 86, C0, 51, DE, 27, 18, 21, C3, 19...
 
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Entropy:
7.9298

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,084,928 bytes)

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

http://ashukawdvew.azureedge.net/temp?dd=keZqvXbd016kfSpVs8fTrapdVGyMrQhyUC6gI5u7sAQIDyxv4JJpFdXW7JZo6W5a9GqRnoStcUnP2qThwfCYrVVXrC1U3fbbiiSwZG7US7SXzvp-p524y7hxsC-h57LuWXGO65jgpScZJCeD5x1l8nOzTVgPcM8dpqqcCv3vZq_ZshiDQiKLVGdiDxAty4wM3Qu50WTs6x17Gny5e0dSR0FBbNLLglXU3Doy6mwwxdjOiplUDgje7RFhWNmlyHfZI_flRCxCuKMi8M5tKQs5rTsmc4zVKSH21gjGIhViG-Lr2cy8pN8XohACtDFPileH-PxYJGvYfE71hGXbqd2noDPykl6bTwgVLVlRZGk0kZ0OqidE7oD0_aO-P2CJuhpaOImJ1vvU6Nj0hCKurNJ6UVgsDC5tAzZ7vet8MdBxk-umSJKB9nJv_Dln6jjaDRTBWDihF3sTXDmLPS3R5jRMbfORFE8DLQN84H0DS90KPgu0n9jjHysSjQNQzhIhfjR-

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