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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.4magno.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
32d1f1a413d6aba075f41dc8025bd5d2

SHA-1:
9b3ff92606eb268b0db81dc74e74ca5ae5e51f62

SHA-256:
c809e521d291be25bbb85ff7074ac750c04e7036c4f50db0260aeb380bad9a5f

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 2:12:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.7.8

File size:
566.7 KB (580,304 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:
12/17/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 5:29:59 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:
6/1/2015 8:07:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:g9CYh4DPlf3e42zj7OP/cIilnAT6s9OoX3JqkCPlkHQF0H5xA3txBwtxlH4b:5MO24jcIQnAOs9bXZHQFyzgtbwmb

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:
7.9411

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.4magno.com/4SrALZGsR5wYqbkKgGDXGGQTFSBt3Fl5n72-SIUCILmo-6cS-njEePR2z1kgtqm28nsR_sAJhkvUB-qrlJWiuIKeyZN5W7stqxoPEo1z6CGrWd30X4iH1NtwofMcKnaStMxuEWdaPg-ehGxi7hUgzscywfINtjvN7HVMGxSMJGd78WcJI-49YO_rZJywC1XMTQEYHVJ1mUmdawMErZdl1bwXA3FdiaHXXLJWNf_ba0RxYBgq4eLxW2aWtPmffx3Z3BeF2owL9Ft0o7HDqyKdBbfipwPajnhi4e_fg7NpT_wY8MAGoBp7TX4kopsuVK62a1xqgyEIrt608S5540ZWT14AUPXVVd4MHGWxvtI1jVMxby8YPEE0hUo8_q7QQHYprkPeNyLrXnLNVFP_pbHl5A

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