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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:
3c4b25f92955408eae0b64bf0d0e7ab1

SHA-1:
6a876de3bf28f9cc84a660f825a0b6c8a2daf6c5

SHA-256:
d38bfdff43c23c2e1ac90f901a4dceb16348e85720584e8f8c2676f1610b0051

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:
11/12/2024 7:38:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.4.11.17

File size:
680.7 KB (697,072 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:
7/3/2015 5:14:21 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:TRO2Q8Iu71MZvr2ymO6l4S+obhFIVgFmO/oG3G+zQmS+Lrv7KXpQB9EzDk8BAZ0A:Fm88Kjh4SnbMKFmO/osPTS8v7KXpQBqo

Entry address:
0x1C2320

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, ED, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

http://admin.jmagno.com/UtOuxdiFOnfuykEH1uknyaTO4yaHNOQA7I2Ypawj5znircHbWONZk6L88xp9VWVgrYqkEtTik7wKHNxT61c6ZrNEIvQQqQOWtr0u1Zzls2irY3PCb4hoOMa5Vw-8nnjYudxg2SphhYqkKmf_aWg9Z_y9M7484DV6dJTmHwSb_5DxtroN3JVe2rAZH9IazZruz4X0okgYZY3Rj8rO09fJ8z3_iCLgfxCNP9ChVtwAbz6yJHDoOkVisrmXGhnkju0dimzY2tbCApSfBNbLtgMngs9aJMEx_YIUCEVclZHPXv5YnC88j8kD9aA-jd78u6VPYVivfWX4ec9FQ4bF6b4G5wqOIlS9oQn6bvBEFb3BSehz-taTU927hw_0Ag5zG_A5-hdVxugZcAA3eR6JK-QybBiBe4Ni_UcXfalWz7EoKjs

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