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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 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
App Secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
04c3e72c7b150e5125d86f96c60714da

SHA-1:
207ae8e5970b38b970c20670f9905e676f71ca01

SHA-256:
4e15097f111c8f7c0be8e4c8b9d6e7f0da94e4a8023e70e291232985b67faa88

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/26/2024 6:12:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2015.03.16

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.A.6
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-GM [PUP]
2014.9-150328

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3156

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.087

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy
11.2015-02-04_5

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(3).exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.7

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15414

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.03.28.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.28.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38050

File size:
1.4 MB (1,441,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App Secure LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/6/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=App Secure LLC, O=App Secure LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00868B073DB5F27781658C4A94E3A93D23

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2015 12:24:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DC6ZS1BTf+57SXOqupOWgLOLMEaMP4M1zcKwm/6MsJm+yoSFzXjMC:+R1BaoXOOWDUcj369yTzjMC

Entry address:
0x4DAF50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 78, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, C7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9009

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,400,832 bytes)

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