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flashplayer.exe

App secure 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 flashplayer.exe by App secure 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:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
36863427f7453a6def0666c6f5023cd8

SHA-1:
62e7b798b9ac7ae189a33c1429829b3043089749

SHA-256:
5ca8274cd2d8e5910820f59e81b4b80d4eb3c60628d96410fb401dc7e2c1e0d6

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/26/2024 2:20:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.30

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oany
3.6.1.96

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

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2016.0.3155

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
1.0.20.440

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.088

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
8.15.03.29.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.AB potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
3/29/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.4.1

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2270

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dpsdgl
0.30.8.659

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.29.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39354

File size:
549.9 KB (563,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=App secure LLC, O=App secure LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5D0A1845D85007CD040B350F48C5F721

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:fl/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABBf:fZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbPf

Entry address:
0x1E3F00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 56, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E9, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 29, 15, 1E, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, FA, DE, 07, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9451  (probably packed)

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

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