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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.obtainmagno.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4fa9f70d28fe9d863ee25125b27bc4c9

SHA-1:
9a92f958a4bfe538e3fc8a5bbfc785a74d0a61ce

SHA-256:
2802277a6c586df4da2c29e945a74ddf0797f0fbc86f8578b5a4ab7fe3e6e1ed

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:
12/29/2024 2:23:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.17

File size:
570.2 KB (583,840 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:
6/12/2015 4:10:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:x1khEYGha2bqs/zdSPe5h8yaoTmXAdyBmzErRcNW+6y7vke:x1gr2n/zdSzGTmw8ozWr+6E8e

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 48, FD, 5C, 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, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 51, 80, B6, 79, 86, 7D, 7F, DD, F3, A5, D0, 1A, 31, 8C, 02, 57, 45, CC, 75, 5E, A5, 57, 97, DB, 14, 30, B9, 13, 8D, F7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9534

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,253,376 bytes)

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

http://admin.obtainmagno.com/-Yka4KSh9Q4n5R4K0oue5rnZote-Q3aw_HpxaXfTcRDHNfT7Zian2dBpOGoUxDJiLVdFYEWuiq2TE3Qmg1Pc5XDz61dCjBOGPpcoEUcrpOTOwPPqglC2RokA1yK4prSZ-KpgufxMzXPUmL9Tph5y6xGnM-m6rDA9AjEAnV3pKByVxLgE27M5VMSWIHKkcwXHeQYwcywjPAAkCHIelF0TAtB_q8eUYWNEtYt4S1OEW14t1hzzMiFvJQV-3lkKqmu9k0AAxp9OJNiUgZNepy55Z-HFnAH0RWhZHBCXTw2fM7pcStwSVU2Aipj8cJukjT1X4N_QAz_OuhW89vjldtxaXDsTJo-lrPLCCleE-CbKmrE

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