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flashplayer.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 flashplayer.exe by App secure llc 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
App secure llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9bc3b7628239bc7e48926653a3fa78b6

SHA-1:
6f0ffb25f807d48b19dc1c6f50e28273a391ab73

SHA-256:
73191952bfe5f32c6dde1b0f36ca1717704f525f5a70adf56167481c6b195416

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:
11/26/2024 1:45:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.25.19

File size:
585.9 KB (600,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure llc

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2015 12:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2017 11:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=App secure llc, O=App secure llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0088EB8F2C3DDB27DCBD207340DC461E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2016 5:09:42 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:G9H03JmPgSGGzsoOf1bId8uQHNiVMnSthLo2gXP:cmmPgFQvIId1h6nSjLsP

Entry address:
0x1A23CF

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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Entropy:
7.8789

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,104,384 bytes)

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

http://dls.drivemagno.com/7a3mMuevUeI9NChdbU_hnIhycFXv1ZLB0X1L6juhpp79mvwxT9zOaJ7lIqys8ixzZVii91Sc1ZBDKtp0j2U7F-zBIaCuyudRxqeMnc4DmSpN6ZEwve0n63D9Z60sL7wySTd8szzqGu6FDps_P6OjmFUAxG3N0So0EcSsh5Q_fpg5PbTHAXqftq2IP3SJpaSdDa7y3_KYed-vencnZfOU8QXteGtjdGVopwwYG-RTfE0ZGR18YVOZvD6SsrJ5gmldNB_4dvs33JZnnD3gEMZMe2JPv_z3GfJpfIet71h-MsBiNFjpT022MYuuw_vG5xXX9tBTbW63s7zogAqogLIaUoKUH42xlO6lkP4Yr-US5o10ZxAZziDUlv5xgQjjMoSr1EWDXm5ITB27poK56nxkL39iZceCpQwYhAjfppg0qH4WMeCWa1enuZEt0YrxU7mOjPfYIFpiUFQwXdFW9m3Wz-9Sit6_v3rTb1V8zspIDYA56DzldPMgT9kp32TS__Ia

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