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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 26 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:
a006394fe44635903d906f7d08a0ed41

SHA-1:
43169d41045d5416b855a2628f13960435c005d1

SHA-256:
2b420bfce253119b23ffe9ac79ede26b72cadbe6bc7d5f90cba72cb4e28c9fd4

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
5/8/2024 9:47:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
548

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]
2014.9-150805

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2016.0.3116

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
1.0.20.635

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.0127

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
8.15.05.07.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.AE potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
5/7/2015

F-Prot
W32/SoftPulse.H2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
15.5.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 291567.crdownload (Adware)
2015.8.5.20

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15838

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2076

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Softonic.SID.C
v2015.05.07.07

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dpsdgl
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.05.07.07

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Softpulse.Bundler
15.5.7.15

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DriverUpd
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39354

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.204
2.0.0.2172

File size:
550 KB (563,208 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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 1:59:59 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:
3/26/2015 3:49:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8l/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABBSNp:8ZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbPM

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:
7.9452  (probably packed)

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

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