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:
35db4980bd3acc32a4ee8a97ae932ce6

SHA-1:
f52f6468833a31e663f46e01b1f3c540d65a42cf

SHA-256:
96c6fad48a838751364ae297e9d3c5621b2fc8b98a05281d37c0041238f8fd5b

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 12:50:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.4.23.17

File size:
696.2 KB (712,896 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:59:59 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:
6/4/2015 10:48:03 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3IJ3a4kJeakBUWC4AI5Urk9QTc+4n64H9lewPY62y2FHUhMbRI1lDcAT/rBHrM1T:3irhNR50kqoFn19hG50hPcATFHrM/9

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 48, 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, C7, C5, 37, 11, 0D, DB, E3, 65, DD, 97, CD, CC, F7, E7, 53, 3D, 38, 13, 9B, F5, 99, B1, 0E, 8C, 95, 1E, 8E, 25, 56, BA, 21, 15, 46, 64, AC, F2, C2, 65, D8, 22, 80, 71, 86, 80, EB, A2, AE, 98, B9, 32, 78, 0C, 80, 22, E2, E3, D8, 71, 77, 38, BF, 48, AF, A5, E0, EF, 74, 3F, 8F, 75, CB, A4, C6, 07, 06, 9D, 17, 38, E1, E1...
 
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Entropy:
7.9663

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.

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