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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 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.magnofiler.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a569678d734483f2c08438da94409fa4

SHA-1:
8b9202ca0e226b82847224be800b3561503a24a5

SHA-256:
e602b54cf76aec415a46c4a828a01729f6c31ab6a91b0d75acc653cd14d1f15b

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 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:
5/8/2024 1:53:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecure.Bundler (M)
16.2.25.14

File size:
566.7 KB (580,296 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 8:37:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:w9CYh4DPlf3e42zj7OP/cIilnAT6s9OoX3JqkCPlkHQF0H5xA3txBwtxlH5E:JMO24jcIQnAOs9bXZHQFyzgtbwo

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D4, CC, 5C, 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, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 51, 80, A8, 99, 9D, 12, C2, 8D, A5, EE, E3, 84, EE, 5B, C8, 8B, C8, 7A, 85, 71, 93, 9F, 23, 63, 01, 7B, F5, 38, B8, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.9409

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,242,112 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnofiler.com/RD71sBQWazR4wPIBTHIHf5oNrypDccKhiPMzruIkkIYIK0jujJde12GYjJDTFIBjLEII4PATCawtLBjZkTApgrnSOJk_txnNtu121aek6UmCVmE3PSJn1N2xxxQcxfqs_J_Wq8AzmB7-tUeVfMVYZ-AGnprHNhSBWqMe6G92IRfU7XeBeXsLXg0PoyqQaGnz-xWXFKCZ66_35PkAcPPl9RU8Lulw3U4pL0F6hoZDyKmZmTYQUGuTqiWzHXnRFMW3U_BBHRT86b2_MS6suGzLI6fWTO8G3OVHs7it4Zo_6xTahmVsKDpv11W7RAR4TF-gyxq065OgX_NgmcXHtmObKbmFhc0xiS2CZRZ0DTH4E3FC0Nc85hQyj9cd9xmiWzxO

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