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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:
a4d12e70f5c06e47a833718ad9df6523

SHA-1:
9cdc75056aef3d681ecaee8b6cce0963bdc7d7bc

SHA-256:
bff1f32b91f23f6c94dcb90b95c1bbaab1e063628d8c6f7e1e51b7d972de3800

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:
5/9/2024 12:32:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.28.21

File size:
570.2 KB (583,880 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 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 5:59:59 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:
6/12/2015 3:10:35 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:01khEYGha2bqs/zdSPe5h8yaoTmXAdyBmzErRcNW+6y7vknv:01gr2n/zdSzGTmw8ozWr+6E8v

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 48, FD, 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, B6, 79, 86, 7D, 7F, DD, F3, A5, D0, 1A, 31, 8C, 02, 57, 45, CC, 75, 5E, A5, 57, 97, DB, 14, 30, B9, 13, 8D, F7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9534

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,253,376 bytes)

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

http://admin.4magno.com/jr8Jmx5k8aI-A6QkJ_3EYI6jubSTf-v0BnFyO41JJ0GJrIOYUkI35qNKnXuKYqsR233kxvyelfpkuoxG7U49vYJCAiunhYJ3x7lJ5ROwaXGlOBDK3H_ynDF-HWbGqO0fbeL-cEe-ukpQkoLcW5XG5iaLgG1LAcAGKpFgNBIrnxU8kKS9O7Sxmto6owAk-_YV_1gCGrSuADbHgnm2IZLErMezyaGw7EZKZKLKFuRZfbtSf2ypCWjv2qyftXv_YjWp8bXHOeFMfC_eYAUY67LF_muHWNpQLmL6o3q0wnM-lXtcpu2hTM4wGl4thRORvpQVBbCj70qlf0h2G2yaesOsH5EJN_AqzaFjDK0uJDs6yKkZYdCZxx_1lxgcXpVSknpMlbrOyP4_EKx9sh4aSCBJww

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