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

MD5:
075b4522126d2ff4a4a2d729b9c42aec

SHA-1:
32e72d8108df553eb56d62b0a8ac1bd6bf6d0134

SHA-256:
0f5d36e5b806b1bd591550c61b1ec7df67d022064703dc01a5496ffd321ffe43

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:
11/26/2024 3:20:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.27.23

File size:
562.2 KB (575,720 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:
12/17/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 1:59:59 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:
7/9/2015 6:49:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mObjQgGKF4w0vZqhTIz6tVF1n7IsU8BwK0Zp9ZUczWrBOyXxNTHJfh62Sb4Z:rjQpKN0vITe67dUBZp9RoEGJf8u

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 3C, 8D, 5C, 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, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 50, C3, C7, 11, 3B, AA, 70, 53, 1E, 29, B6, 1E, 9E, 94, 09, 5D, 41, FF, FF, D5, 21, E6, B3, 35, 2C, 6C, 27, 10, A2, 84...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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

http://admin.jmagno.com/wAzIyuLd4lyhUIW38joUBJ9DMObpAOm4ASffKVSuQ1d2F0Nj4wgl7G3d_BHqeXw-Fry66GdA5ZwtjDHCpOxWo4JOrsxJtiszkvJXyxaSepdd1TrvjJGsb2JFbZAjHyCF2_6bGqyJ3L5Lac5esT2AO6S1UsgLAdD8qB3ZOdFXV2hWRdCbZe1-19Qz8KXK2HH9JVH4p3APp0xpKcg4tJQApGwLU5_GpKJMuTvWcvk4bj4vn2npFSCel1AQ2MPOBINyqenWuWZuxyELe6ORChUpp_i2Opr8rkFe3AdrreaQhQ99xXF4CKgHiIVfkAJMIOtz8mjCSFBmrKmjsuOx1GDXnSX81WK0w1LJo2wkK9H8ydgkrJUwt1Kuz-Ne9GHh4YTgUTl4ETTlIQyU7qMOulVXFQ

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