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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 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 clkrev.com.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8dd550aa21a430c3b89fc4964b1a7aab

SHA-1:
92d4524e248fc50917febb796df54691fed7da9b

SHA-256:
a2123579a8d04025a3c9c9303b80271ae12059e7ed443dff38a263aa8d5b9bd9

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:
5/15/2024 3:28:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.11.3

File size:
509.7 KB (521,888 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D60847E39B584310D58407A5090B843C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2015 8:33:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BewMzrqH8OprxagMU3KyLjrB8AEp77c6/ZO0tZsNr+z:cwMnwYnyXF8P9ZO0fVz

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 6C, 8D, 5E, 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, 12, 37, BC, 49, 8C, DA, A1, A7, E3, 73, F0, FE, FA, A1, 84, B1, 88, 95, F5, 7E, 73, F7, 63, 72, BB, 9D, 51, 94, 85, 85, E5, B2, C0, B9, D8, 7B, 77, 5E, 9D, D3, A8, DA, F3, 3A, 91, F3, 68, 8F, A3, EC, C5, 04, E3, C2, BC, 30, A0, ED, 44, C0, A4, FF, B2, 0E, 3A, 7C, 20, C6, 0C, 89, 6A, 98, 8E, DB, 43, 78, 32, 01, 3C, 68, 23, 79, F2, BA, 6C, A2, 6A, 03, 50, 9D, 0A, D3, 82...
 
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Entropy:
7.9422

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,237,504 bytes)

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

http://clkrev.com/adServe/adClick?ai=fMLVOUeNi CSjFjNrHntN2YoqJUnnXApd24qWq6CqefdZqhGKdteeACzGSBQ/5BLhmOIhNhcTg5J qS8FtOmPyG10Rh94pHz08iDbrW4L0v3DLrYoMiNyfFYqv9I5AGe1M86h4A8TlYOmvm/mmcilE4yE N/KvRlrxsseff61bEc2QMcEIrW2wxw==&ui=Fku 8FSbqqkUwR3UItd45/bWwvziNp/.../KwB2fBv6xd&src=BANNER

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