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

MD5:
cc4513c3ceec344678a37cb830f075af

SHA-1:
df1de0a04e77503b1cc75134ee710680da134259

SHA-256:
2fa88cb2c774cc07b2fada193e2a3f215654d3ab7a128a7eeff28c94e411d2a1

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 3:21:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.11.11

File size:
570.2 KB (583,888 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 12:59:59 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 11:10:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:E1khEYGha2bqs/zdSPe5h8yaoTmXAdyBmzErRcNW+6y7vkn6:E1gr2n/zdSzGTmw8ozWr+6E8n6

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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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/_Ewc8oNqDfgzNMbl1LbiMkjBGXtjppBerD7gQ854NSppOhzAQ6FfGEa6copaKQ8XGzsS6hoqA0lSvcIAZAjUs1AvT3Jotx96KShfJrKgELVXTMhDsb3RggkeFWSu3hopxYeqVwFrLLlIa1_0My_Dkyo05ZYlsdnsdc5DW-Yt38XF2iLFlizUeGe5grsc-l-zRAsFrAZOLkMj9o2SIIt4cRK3sahnYZLQLQRnsG7-YBYlyktMYRcRPKsTCdrhNxSv3fl6EI42lypDL-16xFG5pQQRXxo04JZVoyN1Wky1xJNUMSpltRV4YttdF-MbE8ZCnBUI-NEBjqH01eFSRARjTiWzaOH8aSn609X74dDfbA_fuvz0JwG6NNac4miLeZ7Jvfxj3N8eZqqE2S7POJ3H8g

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