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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 player.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 ukhjhis7krkv.qhm8g04fy.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3213befc753f840f284f5f987dfa1dd4

SHA-1:
330c816657cb38a401031dafab67a0153c9ae49f

SHA-256:
198979003c042604e3ef9fa2ba889b3675d503e08dc0ccc19a3006cf953e9214

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:
12/24/2024 11:51:47 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecure.Bundler (M)
16.2.17.1

File size:
561.4 KB (574,896 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}\player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 7:30:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 7:29:59 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:
4/24/2015 11:03:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3fs6pGicM+Zvba+rAAxCZhKv54WDDLZ1KyCNjJ9AP4p7PRyPfE8J/B6L:vs6cLMUba+rLCZe4WDHLpChwPwRyPlxU

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 90, 4D, 5E, 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, 23, B8, 7B, BC, 6B, 53, 09, 31, 7F, B3, 5A, 69, 81, FA, D0, 20, AF, 01, DC, ED, AD, E4, 61, 50, D7, 0E, 08, 33, 9C, 49, 3E, 78, 71, 6D, A4, A3, 67, 11, 84, 8A, 95, A4, BF, 07, D1, 74, 7D, 25, 18, B9, F5, F1, 0F, 03, E4, 8C, 93, FD, B4, 15, 94, 33, 29, 90, DD, 58, E7, CC, B2, 56, 20, 8B, 0A, 96, 14, A4, A6, 5F, 16, 19, 31, 59, 57, BC, 13, 0A, E6, 96, FF, 84, 85, 3A, 3B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,280,000 bytes)

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

http://ukhjhis7krkv.qhm8g04fy.com/gPOq2ByBRMzJ0HqAn0mWCJmz51VB6q19vP5DuX7CKOQSQmBdR0Q4Dy7JVHsZ65O1qKAY1pmEUe-275MVZLEPpwSzc8pp43hFjFwvPsNP14BiIKMreZ8_L28ydR8PK7bCWQJrFN9GQlo51xqHxMktLEB5Hu_ivvxdJK7AJmRcX1l2pTdpUdQvQhn3Lsygsb48fiPlopqU2jtNyZccyBq4Bg

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