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player setup.exe

FullUpdater 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 FullUpdater 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 ttb.dllsofti.com.
Publisher:
FullUpdater LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
43e3324b76789531e9107f3677c6c5a6

SHA-1:
2c6b695c7c4c6a03ca38cb9a210d93377c49a6f8

SHA-256:
675792269b05b3b127804b9df9f5b4257c157d23c9a48965fc4c772f03ea80e3

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:
5/12/2024 6:11:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.FullUpdater.Bundler (M)
16.2.2.6

File size:
616.2 KB (631,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FullUpdater LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/8/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/9/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=FullUpdater LLC, O=FullUpdater LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7AC845F506BD9D1EF6CC39697DCB8C84

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 6:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:WbDPfsqPFhkOyLmW0sApoNp8263/ms5wbsQbC7D3dx3qAT8qY:WbDPkX5msAUp8263L5C63dRVT8/

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9511

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://ttb.dllsofti.com/download/request/.../pKO2uHaL?subID=NTYwMDV8MTA1NjA3fE1ZfDN8MXx8|08d6fea1f75d4b94dfba0ed2663eba46-9118-61891

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