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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 file 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.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
89d4f3bf365aff9f7611a2351fe1aad6

SHA-1:
049e5b1b28be0f25de51108d9b1f8473bc13549f

SHA-256:
e117322053fdc7a238794311f5df7d09274b98a63e0ccc6ccc55e5b5260e3e54

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:
5/4/2024 1:22:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.17

File size:
501.4 KB (513,416 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe.2uohw0i.partial

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 9:59:59 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:
3/20/2015 1:19:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 88, 7D, 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, 10, 3B, F6, 14, D7, E7, AA, 56, E0, 7E, 15, F3, 0D, 6B, 6F, 01, C9, EA, 77, FE, F6, B9, 20, 31, A3, 98, 50, 70, B0, 78, F6, 5C, 05, 0D, 4E, D9, 48, 73, AC, 1F, A4, 4D, 92, 6B, 53, FD, 18, FB, 68, D5, EA, 5B, 02, 3E, 15, 10, 53, 0E, 05, CC, 3A, 0B, BF, 4E, 3E, 07, 51, 18, 50, 2A, 29, AC, FA, AF, 25, E5, E5, 5E, 79, 7E, 34, ED, DA, A2, 25, 57, 54, 22, 09, C7, 85, DE, 1F...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
996 KB (1,019,904 bytes)

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