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player setup.exe

Softpulse 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 Softpulse 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 secure-lax.adnxs.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1c9560602143107483d4c8f84b2f270b

SHA-1:
c607a924a42bc947a62e77c503a92adda9782bcc

SHA-256:
9a81011b61725584ad05c71d774eacf3653c91bcf478bd812913fa8547f688bb

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:
4/26/2024 12:18:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SoftpulseSl.Bundler (M)
15.12.2.9

File size:
550.1 KB (563,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Softpulse S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Softpulse S.l., O=Softpulse S.l., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
492522DB26914D38C21A797768B88A13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 6:49:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rl/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABB4:rZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbP4

Entry address:
0x1E3F00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 56, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E9, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 29, 15, 1E, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, FA, DE, 07, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9452  (probably packed)

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

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

https://secure-lax.adnxs.com/click?uB6F61G4rj93LSEf9GymPwAAAAAAAPA_dy0hH_Rspj-4HoXrUbiuP8YpoYyNyPRiXJtwGZitz0cP2RVVAAAAAOc_RQDaBgAAdAoAAAIAAAAmLJsBIY0GAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEANgCWgC5RgAAgr8AAgUAAQIAAJ4AUCS5XwAAAAA./cnd=!lAY6QAjF6MgDEKbY7AwYoZoaIAA./referrer=https://www.yahoo.com//clickenc=http://.../?a=20601&c=58197&s2=lax1CNy2wsuBs-vnRxACGMbThOXYkbL6YiIOMjQuMjUxLjEzNC4yMTgoATCPsteoBQ..

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