player setup.exe

Smart Secure Software 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 Smart Secure Software S.l has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.game-time.co.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
02ec3ada904d65fe51d318c8c23444c3

SHA-1:
7cf8f61b9a68701d331955e0e60b0e655f1ee58c

SHA-256:
ae162baa847be396f3789c2b088fcaba1fbe53ec12e73818fbc14bd22f14da11

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/23/2024 10:54:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
585

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.20690
9.0.1.0180

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
8.15.06.29.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
11.2015-29-06_2

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.6.29.16

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.194.14927

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse.gen
v2015.06.29.04

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6719

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
16.0.0.540

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.24.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
36694

File size:
1.2 MB (1,296,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/14/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=El Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
3FE11492275B337C9F032D96A4574137

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 2:58:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:UAbMSe0NArZRTldLRxpyg9fKPlU0Lw62uT+x1fWp2vY:UONerTtvLMw62THY

Entry address:
0x15706

Entry point:
E8, AE, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F9, 1D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 60, F5, 47, 00, E8, 26, 6D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, CC, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, CF, 29, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64...
 
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Entropy:
7.7329  (probably packed)

Code size:
162 KB (165,888 bytes)

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

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