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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 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.obtainmagno.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a2cc41bcf88c077e1d1b5c21e03b728f

SHA-1:
50183333c57085fc8264f961fcc31440c7716f0f

SHA-256:
8ff499af30f6e92ce094dd39997abe5677dcf4154672dd5687633c1825e3b977

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:
5/28/2024 1:35:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.4.19.10

File size:
639.7 KB (655,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:59:59 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:
6/1/2015 5:06:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:WpFJ1fWcI2ZR6QwcGAr+V6MlUtU4sLFfm6Xews+iYx6rmUVtOugCG9:W3vWc0BcGArrTxsRfOws7WYzg9

Entry address:
0x1C3EB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, F0, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 20, ED, 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:
7.8637

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

Code size:
600 KB (614,400 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://admin.obtainmagno.com/6of7ubDGKFlWue0ahoeLTRdjMC0SOkmUSeyxiyoWKTtq5VK9U3X6I--v8hM77cbi0Z3dYOJ8K99ZnB_spwzCKHQnPwlZ1gjy5TS0Ll-9j7NI9wI__wSw-LJoa09NrxwUICynKiSF1AgyIdHpeK13NWHGOLuVnyYYQJlOnvqauWI6Js8lDyzl3woqYDHZGT04_NoRmzRVqfHaf60vvLCdkSMvOgsRCtaKtw3-He9-stpJ9MPSXOGGmOpa6RB68vn7ZoBWor3irvSDVHQpKVQGWXf8LUg4qGajZvPn0L2v_MDZlwsCVzajSbLQT_cTBBG8KmOLGYj0svC_tMOuWydSn5BqI7RKWRwnL4bNI9YHlG8QarRIHr3jo5AJ7fbdUvZ2

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