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flixplayer.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 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:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4ad98f36bb33f7fddb4ec5eaf492defa

SHA-1:
7221c3e87e9e417d6a95196509a3b4e94a0bc461

SHA-256:
e12a965de0f30917f913bb0af6ad0647d8e4de162c2a749cd09251ab48eccad2

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 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:
12/24/2024 11:51:40 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.9.20.9

File size:
31.8 MB (33,358,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/28/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2017 6:59:59 PM

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:
2/19/2012 10:01:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:ySOEWtmWFBg8UNMYPBEVyL33W89Qz6C4xaX:itRy1/tW8y

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9951  (probably packed)

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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