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

MD5:
fae5ce831d3b166a487ff475e4f34f57

SHA-1:
196e163ba59698a329828d74e6e0b9cc7156d931

SHA-256:
0c98bbc2933b591111874132f0c9bbf6daca3a882d86ae5ca0b3e26eefada40f

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:
12/29/2024 2:23:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.7.3.16

File size:
538.7 KB (551,600 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:59:59 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:
5/29/2015 6:53:44 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9JEsVabAKwq9L6lVh3yMj3tndVP7dIAAYQatzkXnou0N:8sV+AKX6VhiMj3RPd7RtzeobN

Entry address:
0x1943CB

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 MB (1,081,856 bytes)

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

http://admin.obtainmagno.com/BNO0J3hm8cogo416X7AuDlod-IlrULninXySw6JRN9plB6mja4Q5-cdBVyTfpVl-WJDcB2PrVARuaeIYRbCrYrehEO327MA0iZX4Ks9j4j_SDy87ABTveAgxabvZhQ5RueqRr1yO_tGmeUt9J8-wX7FPfI0hcbYk9lXIKjl7az6TEb_yqwEX62BcGsnZOWZyBc6ij8-Ihw6gjIYwn1hG5FisxE31h2zw1JIIfA8GHvd73c8qN6q3ezDGH2fXeeJRLLNgU8TiWvwD50xb8pSM_EZf6BpxkC9qRmptqcfaWfLRB-gkkHxfjdp_aSrghDnHEEbcdjZLKqcfZLV6nG2IEdSzA99TNystc2HbtHA4Jw4DPWKwD1SxaPXgLsCXcD0f

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