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setup.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 setup.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 admin.getsoftwarered.com.
Publisher:
App Secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
79e01da35670acb369df0f43005b84b4

SHA-1:
0805eb5dae6b43041f396a385eddda1baa61fcec

SHA-256:
5da90ca5fc3f896313a3dba6d2c878c7098e7802e3f8bd1fb2cb90f3f42c4208

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:
11/6/2024 6:40:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.AppSecur.Bundler (M)
16.5.9.3

File size:
558.6 KB (572,024 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}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App Secure LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/14/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/15/2017 1:59:59 AM

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:
3DE41688F7AF62CF5FBF12F5DA23F4E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/3/2016 11:49:02 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4vF6dlGOB/IApzroi7KggmU2EjWw6YllxpNCqMB1H1X/5OKDafRr:4vFcGO5I6zrog3n8j6OxvCrfDDUr

Entry address:
0x1A33CF

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:
1.1 MB (1,108,480 bytes)

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

http://admin.getsoftwarered.com/51JOmee_chwcgeqXjUEuAgajudl4u4ARvMNMf1EddxfbzJ6DBc6h7Q6df9oQ0Gi3giy-MhjUfDw_xmcFkO3zpgqnQ-cPhFJyxmW4lKmtyFi2uPz97oPAbTriJD_vFPzwPspuipHTGEZJby5gke7RUNbRrf2XeROeA4x-DswFzns8Cd2BJcu_tO98G_MXFS2vly3I7TCtwebNouxuK6I2ZaJ-ZmCiEtN9wN46eE8fvPMLoX7VY-3YOIVLzr1R0nJqE_whuqrDKV2rd9AZFsGTfJz26EQ6I9U-gXIcSsrEPnvwlsPy1fL3RKc7pDa-HCUoCHD2wTWhnsEaCPVXoOt4JnhYyB-5pAT5zqNclyzPH56lwqHlbNThDLpblZ8dePPo8JrWNThcwDxIvJ-UE42srvrvpoRhKN7nWO9uKCNG4Wzs5kEsBxM8Z0bqzBK_U5N1

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