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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:
98f4e67772a389a0fdc9de78de6b89c1

SHA-1:
e106da613c30e4d911107242f5eb652489463bfa

SHA-256:
a415f4578563fd4a52b54035d4eb4a7dc34e3e270eb896f8c8ccbc516a53e6af

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:
4/26/2024 3:32:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.3.20.14

File size:
695.2 KB (711,896 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:
12/16/2014 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:
6/5/2015 11:21:11 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/MIpUlZienR+PdNT0En9X2d3imtauUMrquQzZurRdSfAO3VnNL1FkBUJ8OGBRBwH:/Mi8RyNTd2d3imtauNysddSfAcVnNL1L

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 78, 9D, 67, 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, EB, 36, 69, C4, 2B, 0C, FD, 10, 21, B8, BE, BF, 26, CC, 25, 81, 11, 0D, DB, E3, 65, DD, 97, CD, CC, F7, E7, 53, 3D, 38, 13, 9B, F5, 99, B1, 0E, 8C, 95, 20, 08, C2, 7B, DC, EF, C8, 17, DE, 88, C7, 28, 51, B3, C1, C4, 32, BA, DA, 8A, 2D, C9, FB, 2B, B0, 13, 07, D2, 12, C2, 93, 2E, 84, 3F, AE, B2, DC, A8, 23, 46, 2F, 4F, 1C, 8D, 36, C8, 44, CC, AD, 97, 21, D8, C4, 0E, 07...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,095,680 bytes)

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

http://admin.4magno.com/ZpSNwNbU7CQ83Q7lV9ifSj_UC2J6sWinZwLmyie4u16eZ7GqcW2UGcFZhNJIV2K9gswX-ewA57hNNoX_S_xuhs29AlwAtM4lMyMHWDRO9t1nkfrmE3Mb4GnigjbP9F3FVJ3-RdjFNLZyUzTcdLoafbocJQdw8_h7pegjS5Q9VhTymtobMdpwjvG1QyhLCvlexpq0jnjIRzDT6GWiyeZqFvvLOhvs1E2j71uHG17B9MQV28sycGbVa1PmMgmi2jNeWtYsya3qN0fReP0Z9LquXMePXV1-vcP8jH1DxJi91eMgvpZaqqobwdumi7yKwY6d5X04ScHdXNkZ2b2CvCKFzEQw6UA2muM3Nv_lh4JwUHh-ejgXulDZt3Y8xy3UcOPlHPssVxYVbA_t5OhreS8AQA

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