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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 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c1c55cee33027e51ef38109ff2be5ab

SHA-1:
b0ae401b7350ef30a6f14936be98c20f55855e5b

SHA-256:
2087c0820c79106944d05f6906d20f9d684afdb734bee2ec21bd3b44648a79a0

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/23/2024 9:41:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.T
680

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.04.01

Avira AntiVirus
PCK/Themida
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-150327

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3153

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.086

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Agent.T
8.15.03.27.07

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
4/1/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2015-27-03_6

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player_setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.2.2

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2283

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AD
16.0.0.273

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.27.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
38882

File size:
670.4 KB (686,520 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:
12/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

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

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 11:41:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BlQycc/bYrLvT4U/5iRMn38+biRTCi0suATim2Wu+bhjX68HvE5f:Bmyx/bYHvUUME/+BizQOWu+bh28k

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 10, 39, 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, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 6A, 14, E8, CD, 08, 20, 7B, 83, C4, 04, 89, 45, EC, C7, 45, FC, 00, D9, 61, 16, F0, 83, 7D, EC, 00, 74, 1A, 00, E9, 62, 39, 40, E8, 50, 6A, 08, 8B, 4D, 02, 72, B1, 59, EC, 05, 8B, E4, EB, 07, 74, 32, 17, D9, E4, 81, E5, BC, C0, E4, 89, 4D, F0, FF, C3, B4, 3C, 0B, 8B, 45, F0, 89, 0D, 1D, FE, 27, C0, 00, 59, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, CC, 1B, 5C, 7F...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,268,224 bytes)

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