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:
b98154468098d209ea07a691aa937ffe

SHA-1:
af416d9d2e167966eaab00e75b65bf9b6bc9b8b6

SHA-256:
86e338b4bad894c92dd8b0e9cfe43708d31f2d7693f02eb435149fd38ebc2b99

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 11:41:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.4.26.5

File size:
757.2 KB (775,352 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:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 9:59:59 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:
6/9/2015 7:49:21 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NtExhP0bypiD8tZYV+GZU52ESS+cDcznK0g9yMLgMraIWAl9S/ePrjgIOIsH:NtEx268y52E7+cDczcZLg9Ij9S/ewusH

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, F8, 78, 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, 01, 38, A4, 24, 6C, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 34, 40, 03, 84, C9, 75, F9, 2B, C2, 40, 39, 01, 56, 3E, 57, 8B, F2, 00, 37, 85, F6, 74, 40, 83, 3E, FD, EA, 3B, DC, 0A, 3D, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 00, 14, 8B, 06, 0F, C7, 6F, 09, 67, 78, 04, 03, 8D, 70, A1, 75, F1, BA, 29, 8D, 17, 68, BD, 7B, D4, F8, 1B, 64, 53, 0A, C4, 40, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 76, 0C, DB, 6B, 7A, 83, EA, 8B, 02, 47, 04...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,244,672 bytes)

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

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