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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 knh4aoq.qhm8g04fy.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7e14e8d25045d181ad83c6c68182725e

SHA-1:
8fa26670a10b9cc68dc656a0449a885c6ffffe6d

SHA-256:
9e167da1908a6f882bc51b2e680e99505f345c17a82e7ff436e7c999600918b2

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:24:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.17.1

File size:
561.4 KB (574,840 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:
12/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

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 5:33:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ufs6pGicM+Zvba+rAAxCZhKv54WDDLZ1KyCNjJ9AP4p7PRyPfE8J/B6u:ms6cLMUba+rLCZe4WDHLpChwPwRyPlxp

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://knh4aoq.qhm8g04fy.com/tWdG1D-E1LoMidhePIs_A5rgkHVgI08KNhbqZDENPLZuUjZA2YVn0TPRoe8rjy0zpPrsEEFYFXjR5kydjDN4R3NPP_M9XU15pgZ6THpPe5u1tQrea-D2Cg64PlMjt08JSF60A2TZrbmiX_HOnONHowRi-FJ4CAIMQ8rwwn5HYutjQolKbTZ2UIh65Ip3J43n0TrCZ0MIgFJ4G9E1NQcd1Q

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