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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 llc 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 dls.drivemagno.com.
Publisher:
App secure llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f34549d294af63a61aef1c72941e1eb1

SHA-1:
3d07a372826597cf72509b6d11dcdd16a69c56b3

SHA-256:
7d1aeb1deee48fc4e2f78a100255f662dce7f213b4bf2b6d8bab6e9605a3a24f

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 1:39:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.24.12

File size:
594.4 KB (608,640 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:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=App secure llc, O=App secure llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0088EB8F2C3DDB27DCBD207340DC461E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/26/2016 8:45:57 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KFPbStnUHIV80Gu5d40x3BS88QvcG5cLrTBy2kdX3Y:KdS5UHIVgu40bSnGWBgdnY

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 50, 4C, 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, 21, B2, FF, 75, 14, 10, 74, 31, 2D, 38, 0C, 08, E8, 35, BB, B5, 1D, 72, 01, 08, 83, C4, 10, 02, 00, A8, C3, 7D, 4B, 56, 57, 8B, F9, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 3C, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 37, CD, 02, 00, C4, 00, 74, 13, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 08, 8D, 70, 04, C0, 02, 11, 8B, 75, F2, 17, 68, BD, 00, B0, 1E, C4, 02, 68, 38, AB, 50, 04, 00, 00, FF, A2, 19, 5B, 0C, 8B, 47, 04, 89, 06, 83, 27...
 
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Entropy:
7.8840

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,082,880 bytes)

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

http://dls.drivemagno.com/pBGSdYn8ogujpmYNUThtlTKGR5QwW01jG546N3p12V8fUDm0mQBTnHTsaMnPwyHsB_-G2zFBkeLUqP2_G7uukhcA6KejRXnrtnKWjrJOZu5ITI2Xj5M9bzGErOPMOQubCKVqApYLCefTpInDgg7f7WMK-LP1wPOjoKRPBunXNLz_ZC1TeJeNdhIOrd-Gkb60Mia9lCOGT2ONptizxvvwsPUu3m3gbPzeO7DJzmAkmBcn7kaF_OVGQnSImkzCiHE8FcIMGYYzc4bqotFTXkmd-Rl69B1ldXe-2iTs_soBjKiSfVeMYdp2n7CRTYSFvPspAhlOrs25cR2jXauohMnydo9quaSi1mozVnffJs6ckJSMFuay0Lm-iXKhBpuy5pMav3topV96gPSppBU6yTcG__W5d1E7UZah75HK1V7YojYh3JW5JKT0veHPX5oAK7qrlxarNYtcxEsrF0deSfzeUQ

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