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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:
5015ed4a24fc0d279951c2e9572f4a91

SHA-1:
a0a8fd74a4d69c7cac9eab5c1e72925e53c5318b

SHA-256:
80132a280ce10a56d47b5792cd232c74c0c566bfc15c7fabfd90491547e2b14f

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:
11/23/2024 12:18:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.9.2.16

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:
App secure LLC

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:+ldIzdGb5ugYThMmDkUjqovC0IAQaXRCl:DWjyAAtsl

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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