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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 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4c26d1c067b774b64c1109d6de17af2d

SHA-1:
564659379c7e74f7cde945c271e8bcbac1c0206c

SHA-256:
0612555a79896f06ebbc6cdaef3cb63e9635731bdbfc57465478d3d82ff90469

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/19/2024 9:37:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.04.01

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Ramnit.C
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-ER [PUP]
2014.9-150401

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3153

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.185
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
8.15.04.01.09

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
4/1/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of google chrome.exe (Adware)
2015.7.5.15

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2258

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
16.0.0.273

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.31.16

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
38882

File size:
563.4 KB (576,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\low\content.ie5\1ark1qkq\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:
3/30/2015 4:35:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:l8ELs/lt82qI1u9Ol/fSXNioWIS9DIkOU+/RqwrJSG4js:l8KsbXqI1u9OxINoIS9EkmqwrJSljs

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 94, 3D, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 4E, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 52, 77, A8, 11, 11, 5B, CA, 09, 54, EC, 40, 54, E8, 6C, 9D, 0C, B4, 50, D8, C1, 40, 22, 08, BF, 39, 8A, 3E, 07, 7A, 92, A7, 86, 6C, A4, D9, FC, 6E, 7A, 31, 1B, CB, C8, 03, 8B, 49, A3, 43, 59, 24, 73, 93, 39, D9, CD, E2, 7B, 49, E2, ED, 76, F5, DE, B1, EB, CF, A7, 2F, 70, 0E, DD, BC, 8D, 6B, E9, 95, 9D, 9E, 86, 5A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9459

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,268,224 bytes)

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