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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:
19c65e25a5bcbb5c5fae2073c452c8d1

SHA-1:
6db8aaa586daa504d7c94e9e1d10440e28eea1c8

SHA-256:
93d6298279ce71a8213c3a6d3b05e18f12210e77291985349bf7e55019bcbbbc

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 7:34:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.6.14

File size:
538.4 KB (551,320 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:59:59 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 10:55:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ihdoH1uo7I9YTWw9GkqT/fA40i0sHyyPY6w0f5L54pp:0uHN1ZcNrfA7i1HyVnY5Fk

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:
7.9349

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/2YEXD8Fu0Wm3fEyHvXCIiVc9KqSQaHq_aMvJQ7w77JtThDPCCHaBcYkp6mmHZegLqAb_BRtGOFeabeDFadg8iNyY4cO9kDxib-cclhrdUXtMWZUQJFyYRtns6B0rx7hH50G8QKlo3i9UbLPSLxYg9wGhEaoZ6lDasDn7FZqKBxNDH1z23Sf_6Gc1Tu1OTkg_-cqwK4roBiuBtHtHsMkOzw

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