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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:
04f6d0868aaa7bbc61097ec2ad900e8e

SHA-1:
ab065d9d3d96000ceb24d331226e154bd56f41b4

SHA-256:
82e0c5efa94ef3bc472c08f98376f1367d602120b2c37f8275236dbea8fee42e

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 7:13:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.10

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:
12/17/2014 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:
5/15/2015 10:55:09 PM

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:
7.9349

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

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

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