driver updater.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 file driver updater.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.
Publisher:
App Secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
15335ed66301485c38354670e4f659fe

SHA-1:
4d1db268bc3c12bc15769de2bc4c0d745b4e4dd7

SHA-256:
5f8df7616a1ace800aceb0f633af293a0a07e3c9b79f78e941a9b695dad987f5

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:
5/19/2024 8:46:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.7

File size:
491.5 KB (503,296 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driver updater.exe.lzfeixl.partial

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/5/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=App Secure LLC, O=App Secure LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00868B073DB5F27781658C4A94E3A93D23

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2015 1:40:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x18C390

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
988.5 KB (1,012,224 bytes)

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