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player setup.exe

FullUpdater 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 FullUpdater 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:
FullUpdater LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
95af28c360275af42dfe4fe7e53100a7

SHA-1:
e5e3699955d2a4b7106979bcf99a1d7019209361

SHA-256:
cb0581188d4bac91665473c80435e3f85157f62d6815a29acb0bed469460b4d2

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/12/2024 10:28:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.FullUpda.Bundler (M)
16.5.3.15

File size:
469.6 KB (480,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FullUpdater LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/7/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FullUpdater LLC, O=FullUpdater LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
648EFB4E312282A0858AE5C4BD9374A6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/28/2015 6:14:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PboZDUcG7zlGafQsyIuK+IM8prLOw8V7CoSnL:DoZYcPtpIuKYsFcK

Entry address:
0x18E900

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 9F, C9, 18, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, F5, A8, 06, 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:
7.9366  (probably packed)

Code size:
432 KB (442,368 bytes)

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

http://ttb.dllsofti.com/download/request/.../pKO2uHaL?subID=NTgyNTJ8MTExMzQyfE1YfDN8MXx8|7190d496e5132b2dc23e851ef1e37789-9118-66462

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