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player setup.exe

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

MD5:
207ffe507f86f526bf2592f85564decf

SHA-1:
a9b2d2e62f67cb906ae110ec3b0be4eddcdc021d

SHA-256:
531547cda2cef060944676dc919250550cf9c1b668c4a6a443dce4c705bd49c2

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 3:58:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.27.3

File size:
485.6 KB (497,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Manager LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/16/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Setup Manager LLC, O=Setup Manager LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

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

Serial number:
0083BDD227DBB7AC8288AA961219124A1B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2015 5:34:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9tDyfK49N2repycGHbt/mB4b1pHLT9gjY3RNuF5w:ii4bc7ZmB4J9LpIYbWS

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, B0, DC, 58, 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, 5D, A6, CB, FE, E1, 56, 16, CD, 5D, 72, C0, 17, CF, 7D, EE, 01, 07, 95, 8A, 01, 86, CF, 52, 4F, D9, A7, 64, 8D, B7, 4C, E0, 12, B4, DF, 60, 56, E2, 04, 0D, FC, 26, AF, 52, 74, 4A, AA, 7A, 4E, FD, 26, 75, 3F, 75, A6, 35, E3, DC, 39, E8, C5, C5, 40, A6, AD, 79, 18, 3D, 77, D1, F3, 70, 9C, 1B, 29, D4, BB, C5, 4B, F2, 47, 67, D3, DD, CD, 2C, 2D, D8, C8, EA, 45, 02, 45, 38...
 
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Entropy:
7.9406

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 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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