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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.4magno.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0eb5dd79c015fc1f165d079bf70c3e85

SHA-1:
e75a60e7024175cd30bfddc158e94314737d3ff7

SHA-256:
ab1ba635d12a7e608dccbd7ef9ab26878528675f845898d5d1e04a42ce0bb01a

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/26/2024 2:43:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.28.21

File size:
695.7 KB (712,432 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 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 9:59:59 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:
6/4/2015 5:56:44 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6HEXvzEFWs4iSVo3DUY/ZYVlYThADtaQPbcSTpl2oKrweMBPsup30f4vSSZm58vH:6HEXvzEFWLtW3DUY/ZthawkbB2oKrwYe

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 88, 9D, 67, 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, 40, 6A, 6A, 8B, 82, 48, 08, AF, 86, AD, A5, DA, 2F, D8, 35, C5, B0, EF, F2, 1A, C6, A9, C0, B1, DC, FD, 23, 0B, 19, D7, 86, D3, 7C, C4, 68, 3D, 16, 0A, 2D, F6, 4C, 79, 74, A9, 3A, 96, 12, 4F, 67, 17, 6F, C5, 77, 57, 70, B8, BE, 6E, 82, 53, 97, 46, 32, DF, ED, 9B, C5, 8B, 77, 1A, 74, 49, 45, 15, 34, 48, F1, 19, 56, 85, E1, 4E, 0E, 63, DD, 86, 66, 6E, 15, 01, 24, 97, 7B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,095,680 bytes)

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

http://admin.4magno.com/avBEH80n6XT6g9bSUPJj20gLBzNPFReo9UELAmC8XR-fnCPtWAakzIDsviDWcRR1c4p_jfIHENR8qnB63Ss-zLS6DU_yAxmVTrk9ViCjD3JGwG_Y_BC891WKisrksCnldkBMM8ZdHlZkNi-6-XbygMjGi8dmF2mx8zoycx3AFsVnYs_zuXS5PZdjbacsig3fEL-XYi0I-D0sRmMJIVwYj4j75aZ21aFWIMT4fZ3Dwp1syl_ugOsdKDcc_SWYlz2K-YC01zf49kXkPjZuR_PPcqmKFkt94UcWPyuJ2YCkO4OFuwlqyKYw4Xvu2Xuret-hVpdONvXq8zeDYJ2QGILMNnutSm2IMjzWc4j0gEkG7WYia7I_tdoaoWLRNrpkhAjb

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