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player setup.exe

Softpulse S.l.

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 Softpulse S.l 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 secure-nym.adnxs.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c703ab4bc4f1036756495aee94624629

SHA-1:
0718db2d198d1d8718751fa18dec34c9513ea581

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:
5/8/2024 10:16:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.10.23

File size:
535.6 KB (548,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 7:30:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 7:29:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse S.l., O=Softpulse S.l., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

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:
492522DB26914D38C21A797768B88A13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/24/2015 12:36:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ux04iw8JNFZxNHYfy5tLg8F6xundNzCS+be6rDey8YJr8:z4iweNFZzHME2HUdN5+ay8Ya

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D8, 8D, 5A, 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, 10, 3B, F6, 14, D7, E7, AA, 56, E0, 7E, 15, F3, 0D, 6B, 6F, 01, C9, EA, 77, FE, F6, DA, FF, 03, 3C, 10, 86, BE, 39, 90, 02, 64, 63, E6, A0, 23, A0, 20, A5, 61, 18, A4, 39, C2, 90, 55, B5, FB, D5, 61, D9, 47, 5C, 05, 66, 64, D5, 6F, 56, EA, 40, 2D, 79, 1C, BF, 07, EE, 38, F2, BF, BC, 5B, 9B, A4, 70, 47, D0, 03, 0A, 08, 9D, 13, 22, 9D, 16, E3, 7E, 61, 34, 93, 19, 8B, 35...
 
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Entropy:
7.9414

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1009.5 KB (1,033,728 bytes)

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

https://secure-nym.adnxs.com/click?uB6F61G4rj93LSEf9GymPwAAAAAAAPA_dy0hH_Rspj-4HoXrUbiuPwyfH6KGmJFIEXQum6M2zC-7EhJVAAAAAFv7RADaBgAAdAoAAAIAAAB6c4YBIY0GAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEACwB-gBxNAAAf_AAAgUAAQIAAJ4AkSKkxgAAAAA./cnd=!yAaMQwjw1dUDEPrmmQwYoZoaIAA./referrer=https://micuenta.aeepr.com/epay/account/epayinfo.aspx/clickenc=http://.../?a=20601&c=66695&s1=APN&s2=nym1CJHoudm51I3mLxACGIy-_pDqkObISCINMjA4LjU0LjQ0LjI1MSgBMLulyKgF

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