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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 application setup.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:
91e104c53e835e9fcc80c576c4afd6ca

SHA-1:
42009e6f3650403610514627ffb30e8471dee9ce

SHA-256:
cee2ae363124f756423acf19c2b098306a1d6580f437f0e0c9d28a4069cb9ee8

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:46:16 PM 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
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2015.03.27

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oani
3.6.1.96

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

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2016.0.3157

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.087

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
8.15.04.01.12

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
3/28/2015

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

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 291567.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.2.23

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2278

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundle
v2015.03.28.09

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
15.3.28.9

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39354

File size:
550 KB (563,184 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:
12/16/2014 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:sl/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABBC:sZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbPC

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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