flixplayer.exe

Electron

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 flixplayer.exe by App secure 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.
Publisher:
GitHub, Inc.  (signed by App secure LLC)

Product:
Electron

Version:
1.2.0

MD5:
9d06b86e9b5cd47d11037a9f669485cc

SHA-1:
520ed7cea6bc89ff1eb71468ba04b46ff060b77e

SHA-256:
286ada655ba4aac2a6d0f04f3a83089ea2d038ef9ad223e0b0af3fcc0a4110cb

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:
11/23/2024 12:15:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.7.23

File size:
58.7 MB (61,532,600 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015 GitHub, Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
electron.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\flixplayer\app\flixplayer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/29/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/28/2017 12:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
6158E572E3E1E1E940D784A638C9704E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/26/2016 12:16:33 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1572864:+ldIzYGb5ugYThMmDkUjqovC0IAQaXRCF:yWjyAAtsF

Entry address:
0x24D2847

Entry point:
E8, A2, 18, 00, 00, E9, 4E, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, EB, 1F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 43, C2, 04, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 12, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 75, 07, E8, 90, 1C, 00, 00, EB, 05, E8, 6C, 1C, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 30, E1, 03, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, D4, 5D, C3, E9, 9F, 49, 02, 00, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, A1, C4, FA, C6, 03, 8B, C8, 33, 45, 08, 83, E1, 1F, D3, C8, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, A1, C4, FA, C6, 03, 83, E0, 1F, 6A, 20, 59, 2B, C8, 8B, 45, 08, D3, C8, 33, 05, C4, FA, C6, 03, 5D...
 
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Code size:
48.5 MB (50,904,576 bytes)

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