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player_setup.exe

App secure 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 App secure has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
79a3b343c6838e6535965a7bc8b757c7

SHA-1:
8360849063c4624a430303f928871536b5919d45

SHA-256:
672a085ddaab86ff14e99dc6a2676aa2c55bb9c337af00027b6c97468ee905c0

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
4/25/2024 10:11:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
675

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.31

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oany
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-ER [PUP]
2014.9-150327

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3158

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Strictor-297
0.98/20344

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.086

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
8.15.04.01.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.AB potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
4/1/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of non confirmé 650746.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.1.23

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15641

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2284

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.82398
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dpsdgl
0.30.16.1110

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.27.3

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38552

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.204
2.0.0.2144

File size:
550 KB (563,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 3:59:59 PM

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

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:
5D0A1845D85007CD040B350F48C5F721

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:cl/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABBdQ:cZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbPdQ

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)

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