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

MD5:
3f22240c3a34aae2179defc6659f3cad

SHA-1:
2c15778b81a62257ff1e4c963f2d3dc66e36f767

SHA-256:
3134bf4299c6c0a75067edb7936197a49f9f28fd4c96ce79ba78d1d002b22f04

Scanner detections:
24 / 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 1:44:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.PKX
677

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.30

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oani
3.6.1.96

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

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2016.0.3155

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.PKX
1.0.20.440

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.088

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.PKX
8.15.03.29.03

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
3/29/2015

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.PKX
11.2015-29-03_1

G Data
Adware.Agent.PKX
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.21

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2272

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigitalPlugin.C
v2015.03.29.03

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.PKX
16.0.0.264

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dppdhf
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Adware.Agent.PKX
15.04.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.29.15

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4725471
39486

File size:
535.9 KB (548,808 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
12/17/2015 11:59:59 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:
3/25/2015 3:53:53 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:77dsT3qZS9NlcLIcy9iUJVhnJiNz8PzGlTl6NaHoSUHCe:771kncLIcy9iUbhUpQKlTY9HCe

Entry address:
0x1AB680

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, F5, 9C, 1A, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 71, A6, 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:
7.9487  (probably packed)

Code size:
496 KB (507,904 bytes)

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