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

MD5:
7c90c1472a0d9dfbf6e8bcc165ba49a1

SHA-1:
047296db6208692ad96afb0eee76c4c38441e6ef

SHA-256:
a85368f20ef8a7f23abe64eb9037e14f4a4ea47044883e8f714341f0b513ef8e

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:
5/9/2024 9:30:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.5.19

File size:
570.3 KB (583,944 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}\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 1:59:59 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:
6/12/2015 12:10:35 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:01khEYGha2bqs/zdSPe5h8yaoTmXAdyBmzErRcNW+6y7vkM:01gr2n/zdSzGTmw8ozWr+6E8

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

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

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

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