player setup.exe

File Setup 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 File Setup 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:
File Setup LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2d5b3d2920af9704aa000bdc248c0e6a

SHA-1:
5e3c3e78bbf19e481eb2244022e23c0452c8b560

SHA-256:
e5bf2b35261c37a8f3633c9fc49f0f7ecbc32a524445eaaeb573f983e3fd60d7

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:
5/11/2024 9:36:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.FileSetup.Bundler (M)
16.2.13.9

File size:
620.7 KB (635,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Setup LLC, O=File Setup 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:
425AE115F148D1124BA864570081A9B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/9/2015 3:52:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GGX/UlIVzhhq9ImSpUstfl1dw+KXYHMvhen7LTIoXiSPjdHa4rf5TDk+JqL3q7HJ:BkIVdjmSpVtddyYsvh+/rXire5TTqL3C

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, BC, 73, 62, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 70, 65, 63, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 12, 37, BC, 4A, 8F, 7D, 79, C2, C8, 8B, 2A, C3, A7, DE, 3A, 6E, 4D, 81, 1A, 8B, AD, 75, E9, 72, A9, 60, 24, C8, 83, 1E, 45, 1A, C2, D6, 38, FF, 35, 97, 9F, FF, 24, 2F, 5E, C1, 39, BF, 11, 2F, 16, B5, 79, 1E, 5A, 63, 87, 29, 74, 29, 90, 46, FC, 19, 7E, 63, 0C, A5, 62, 54, 31, 1B, A2, CB, 67, 61, 62, 33, 52, AC, 5E, 96, 2B, 01, 77, 8A, 0E, B2, 9D, FA, 11, 9F, 95, 43, C8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9515  (probably packed)

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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

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