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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:
28a43bdfa84fca987ee17ebeeafec0e1

SHA-1:
2a5eb857eda69a632b4f1b602e6d04f277d57953

SHA-256:
5aef77e7acbb86d964b26fe69625910e403e8e299cceb81ae4206349d9a6645f

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 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:
5/3/2024 7:07:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler (M)
16.5.10.5

File size:
853.5 KB (874,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Nullsoft Install System)

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:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0vaxihdAxgq4kBbOrtJMJ/swP61dPX83td:0vmRSiKodfPoPsP

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9536

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

https://secure-lax.adnxs.com/click?mpmZmZmZqT_kpZvEILCiPwAAAAAAAPA_5KWbxCCwoj-amZmZmZmpP7oETwpvzSpLExNq8K-C9BqVbwtVAAAAAInARADaBgAAdAoAAAIAAAB6c4YBIY0GAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEACwB-gAxbgAAP64AAgUAAQIAAJAAhiXwOwAAAAA./cnd=!owZoQQjF6MgDEPrmmQwYoZoaIAA./referrer=https://www.youtube.com/watch/clickenc=http://.../?a=20601&c=58197&s2=lax1CJOmqIP_1aD6GhACGLqJvNLwrbOVSyIMOTguMjQ4LjEyLjY3KAEwld-tqAU.

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