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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.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1df412cb7987b7277aac8ef885ff0a30

SHA-1:
6b7af1e1f208cf70073e58503334d3ec434491d7

SHA-256:
1d15ac937a1fd7035a99eb05552711568e22e54f01350a7ce7ba16c8f86bbd37

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/22/2024 7:25:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.0

File size:
538.4 KB (551,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 6:59:59 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 11:55:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

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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Entropy:
7.9348

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

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

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