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setup.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 setup.exe by App secure 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 admin.4magno.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c6cc824e1f0282b81189e34499c0287

SHA-1:
049b994a226281d67ccb025043946bd7bc1315ff

SHA-256:
867c70f998221eea63bed87fdfbc8a04f1bac1b9badeca607844ca2cddd667f1

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 '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:
4/18/2024 2:19:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.4.15.19

File size:
544.7 KB (557,768 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:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
5/31/2015 12:21:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:q1k4Gp2GnlNt9pjcAmJwnVmTDtYRfXMmFWDFAggPpIF/6fu0Wa1:qop2GnjdOVTqRf4aggPpIF5a1

Entry address:
0x1913CB

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1 MB (1,081,856 bytes)

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

http://admin.4magno.com/5FEmcYtGEk9A3lA19hYGa-l-4ovbpStPvLCb2wyvBijKa6c2HjfyW_k3FNxa64sNTGlA3yQnZMgUytwjofQJ2KVEj1CHTC9slZJclc903DE-FEvWRqIJTxesh4k5AayJyPTP_5CU3UDVGDWoLfWxZa6PdZHsEjFIhfEvs7k3TchUjRQ4PJ5MhgOZfpAEaa4B152xnJfOAM6nzuIeGXURyAQKzgbB183ocGRmJZlJrgU4QVPwXNYhbJvX9D38GVufbeYHuieqshPmVHA5IeAla1nNYkrozP_wnfcvOmjNCpCdcXj49m8omF_YfJ77yeBFZtPCwraFs2P4UqSwMeslDpxi5x_jxi_NjFCexyXZaddqL1XOTL0kW3oqHIUWgvJ5oXIn0fQYOCr7XgwLsYJNag

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