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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from network.adsmarket.com.
Publisher:
App Secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5a854ae950408749ae59535c672c1e75

SHA-1:
96e256198a3d16e516f42ef10f2f22178e3cb6bf

SHA-256:
f447a0ad8b862b43ec098cce7d2b42745dc17e0dd3d3194926327c50ae9e0c53

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:
5/3/2024 2:30:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.20

File size:
578 KB (591,872 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/6/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/7/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=App Secure LLC, O=App Secure LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00868B073DB5F27781658C4A94E3A93D23

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2015 10:59:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1A8960

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, EC, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, AB, 69, 1A, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 5D, A9, 06, 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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Code size:
432 KB (442,368 bytes)

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

http://network.adsmarket.com/.../iWhvm2acqZWLaW-bX8p6w4iQap5knn-XimKYnmWjfpW3YmmYYKF7w49ncZ1nnA?dp=1vRxzDwqXiEr5FJBYe99mn78HzYNS2B08tfXEbAqwfpU-dpd_tLV7h0YGJhjCoBqawWxkVjOgIvwaiNSkHiH6oFAmiWiEmMfpPMrktjDXhD3Lh-95Man3kw0Adma0Gc0f0Em2sIASMCljRomul03jL5peP98JZg5-EiOeclsmSHs3wLEP_uN9muXdRLIXzL92TAa0zHohXgctDsJ8O_ss3Y0SjygaPM6S0jbAL2eWOkp8KC-sUKmsxG9RZ40eT1tWQpvDnJwdlmBJyeP8vPEJfmUm8hRFnCOcDtjQbf3P0MVZbIlr3u-oaRnbWt7fLf4rrj55zUYlUhXcdPVpav67yxYc-v8nlOOXDGqScvkSohJD8WlUac

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