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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnodownload.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bd946fc3ab93fce7c1ae78fd2383e37b

SHA-1:
1bcef18fd864c3986924d7eb7583991584c96fb9

SHA-256:
a56941d27b832c75c317d2c08ae747977cb1a7216e8f4ad6c80d460bd4d4f9e5

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 7:44:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.5.30.15

File size:
538.4 KB (551,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 9:59:59 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:
5/15/2015 12:55:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ihdoH1uo7I9YTWw9GkqT/fA40i0sHyyPY6w0f5L54pM0:0uHN1ZcNrfA7i1HyVnY5FL0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 40, AD, 59, 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, E4, 6A, 6A, 8B, 82, 48, 08, AF, 86, AD, A5, DA, 32, 42, 78, 64, 6E, 2C, BA, 28, 56, 89, E4, A8, A9, F0, 06, CF, 0B, 5D, 6A, 42, 44, AC, 23, 24, D7, 66, A5, 74, FD, 9D, A0, 7E, 1E, 43, EC, D8, F2, AD, FE, 88, F1, 0E, CF, 5B, 6D, DD, E1, F9, 6E, AC, 88, 9C, FB, AB, E9, 76, 7B, 34, DF, 4A, 16, E9, 4E, 61, AE, D9, 6D, 76, 64, A3, 89, A4, 17, 4B, 51, 09, BD, 47, AC, DC, 53...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,074,688 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnodownload.com/FupUXgCvRroyytdbKagKcFaO1hSr0bqR8s37mWl3PCopYujFYKvS-_t2Wc8xsKhh6tHNOVjLib7DBxjLUPtAau0SEJKMaYhH_3cdfCrnm8aJ5lWoHsECusG81ucjDhfvaf8V6CSzYynBN-hkm6oLL0spa8eLGdAmVwYpDPP4HV1byAr1TjHW27mSiRt4OeJ1muwJ8xfpk5Rmcn1SDVxRfQ

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