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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 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:
7c2a80fc597e54ea4cf0ecaee0e9824f

SHA-1:
42fcfb93fd927c7d8f15d3cd5c69159e272e009d

SHA-256:
54733f4c7f38dd6117dbf0a5cd7bf94cfbba28ac0eec30ea9701c8a2f2f16039

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:
11/22/2024 11:49:14 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.0

File size:
1.2 MB (1,255,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App Secure LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/6/2015 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/7/2016 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=App Secure LLC, O=App Secure LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00868B073DB5F27781658C4A94E3A93D23

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/16/2015 12:38:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, DC, 89, 8B, 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, 3B, BD, D9, C8, AA, 4F, 2D, F3, AA, 83, 1E, 2D, F1, CF, 86, 59, B4, 59, 7E, 61, 56, 70, 92, F9, 11, 61, 6A, BF, 32, BF, CF, AF, A9, 0B, 83, 85, DD, 18, 1E, 35, 4F, 1E, 0E, 72, 2C, AA, AC, 1B, EB, 02, E2, C3, CA, 46, E2, 09, 7F, 45, 8B, 0C, 62, 2E, 38, BB, 12, B5, CA, A0, 28, 5F, D3, 66, 58, 9D, B1, A6, F1, 06, A8, 85, BC, 91, C5, D6, 09, B4, F1, 5E, 56, CA, 3B, 1C, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.9952

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,905,024 bytes)

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