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steam.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 steam.exe by App secure has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.files101.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b77a6cff76b4a807fa83187696bb4ceb

SHA-1:
5b40e629aa3afed3a18be08a33400921eab27599

SHA-256:
c2eefefeb4769185ab90b173f9316e71bce15b058a70347f19e4c11e6dcc77aa

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/1/2025 3:18:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/PECompact
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Softpulse.rtfa
7.11.213.76

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3181

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.X potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dofcwi
0.30.0.296

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.03.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.3.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
38086

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.149
2.0.0.2088

File size:
484.4 KB (496,032 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\steam.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 6:59:59 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:
2/23/2015 9:21:27 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4EoPDUSLJ1Omtgb8iHObwqmyrqAWbEeJNhi4U41:Y1DtniQ1mmqAOi4UW

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 94, D8, 58, 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, ED, EC, 7D, 32, CE, E8, B7, CC, A8, D5, 00, D6, CD, A2, BF, 2C, 65, 45, 72, 83, 44, A3, AA, 40, 9F, 72, FC, C8, 29, 21, 07, D7, 1C, 98, B1, 14, B5, BD, E9, CD, F0, 5F, E7, F7, 3B, 60, FD, E1, 1A, 85, 66, D4, C5, C5, 62, 0D, E3, 18, 15, AA, 6D, 6D, 6C, 78, 80, DB, 55, B7, 83, 72, 7E, 47, DF, D5, 8C, C3, CF, 3B, E0, CF, 6A, 33, 7A, C1, D2, 66, 5A, EC, C5, E4, 86, E3, 74...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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

http://ttb.files101.com/download/request/.../9RRyPe4A?__tc=1424744653.886&keyword=steam download&affid=82206&rid=121212-&fileName=steam

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