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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnotstop.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f8ed24029b29ad4f28a87c809dabf7e7

SHA-1:
936c4aa0f41cf5abf4905ad305761466b3e680b4

SHA-256:
ad4c11fcd72c71d3a65000dd8fc5a317517b761881670fc0ace9c6e3f3eb8ff8

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:
12/25/2024 2:20:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.4.1.7

File size:
679.7 KB (696,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 6:59:59 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:
6/24/2015 11:05:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yPFs58L4KWjLllh1b50hl0cV8GGI1G4Kz4ktXkbomziYdIjVocXVp1tDUnNYEjCj:yPkHfehllXGeG4Kz4w6i/ocXV1UnaDsc

Entry address:
0x1C1F00

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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Entropy:
7.8523

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.magnotstop.com/XdJ1Wq3LZ9dr_sHwnILGhGYE_jx4DFtsrXuXAqtjk-4xiiB_kHhYPQ2Oa0G2LDxQq8_tZg8xf5kxo8OXNQ7qfZCoUgsdwCWXeRBE0lo7bs6rCJyOBcP7XwsWb24FIJt90SP3LZYHM3kO7Zt5ewiV0a2RePcH0Tg3eVL9RmMG4X3nYoxGz5H2ZUXQ8lsEmQy4gIuRoISi-EykjIU5MQ9YKLYw-0PD1BZcYzjJn7KdxqCeSsUzHZZfM3zOejBnKciYeKcN2jTDxpfr5Ib2nO1cedDu9ab2DBAdrFhIQSpVsY87f9pZZ_r6yY4I8ijuigScJHbY25CLKbMumDw6pTy-jk1zzYsTya0GItNyYlwPAbQ_AAA48WRvXu8lWu6jhjU4MZ0oYUiRwTjqZbnGWG4LpQ

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