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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 llc 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.thismagno.com.
Publisher:
App secure llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c26740394ab7ccdc89e7352da62b5c1d

SHA-1:
fbd4e05e0cf346dc6d36515dd856c0d9560957e1

SHA-256:
86ac3ef779515ad4034f35d497a95e089ddef2fb1d7b3360350d6d3426c6a057

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:
11/6/2024 7:45:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.23.23

File size:
594.4 KB (608,640 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:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/8/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2017 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=App secure llc, O=App secure llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0088EB8F2C3DDB27DCBD207340DC461E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/26/2016 5:45:57 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KFPbStnUHIV80Gu5d40x3BS88QvcG5cLrTBy2kdX3:KdS5UHIVgu40bSnGWBgdn

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 50, 4C, 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, 21, B2, FF, 75, 14, 10, 74, 31, 2D, 38, 0C, 08, E8, 35, BB, B5, 1D, 72, 01, 08, 83, C4, 10, 02, 00, A8, C3, 7D, 4B, 56, 57, 8B, F9, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 3C, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 37, CD, 02, 00, C4, 00, 74, 13, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 08, 8D, 70, 04, C0, 02, 11, 8B, 75, F2, 17, 68, BD, 00, B0, 1E, C4, 02, 68, 38, AB, 50, 04, 00, 00, FF, A2, 19, 5B, 0C, 8B, 47, 04, 89, 06, 83, 27...
 
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Entropy:
7.8840

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,082,880 bytes)

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

http://admin.thismagno.com/j1yE85QWZLrWwfVV8Nabe-ZwiOIWJCkF0SaFFXkysoh9s2r27f04V3hjI08a5hTYj_opxeIOSF9JXOs-fUBviyf6kpG4EN-QAYhsytlFgGv4FoKkHdrzPkou9RJZ-_6FfFtyihtbnvbLzBnkynjRJtGg5skWOvzGvAILjtz7nZYcTgBJipHoyGGPYva3K4K8799J5Utu0wBoDi9xkxUZatcHTpjfI903hZsqIBH51whL42pBy7ZtI_wXuh_DeiSn6KRpAgJv7mjYaElM0i0DWRbxRzVE7WIZ2E80Mdyq6ZX1_T1lZL80eJ29jh-4o7v-SNZkLz60n-PvtF2VqIv0kjktsWjeMHItnbUa5WXtd46F-W7d0JUtimj2oQbOSQ5gNXpWxlY_tHo9mb3PLTFB6rMGnzR8WWgtMdS_LrTVFpaUE5HJhgMvpCKHBPG1OmiY00-IczKU44dGfQ9Xr0du_g

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