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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-fra.adnxs.com.
Publisher:
Softpulse S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2fe55945041e22dc4b054335b31e53ca

SHA-1:
5a07ba13f88fba426edcf3e1e23bde2d048d0834

SHA-256:
cf2f567fdcf1e938f1b489556b606b0adad3ba0c799b932324e8f0add7f7b0e9

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:
11/25/2024 10:32:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SoftpulseSl.Bundler (M)
16.3.1.19

File size:
550.1 KB (563,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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:
3/26/2015 6:49:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rl/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABBc:rZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbPc

Entry address:
0x1E3F00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 56, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E9, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 29, 15, 1E, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, FA, DE, 07, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9451  (probably packed)

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

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

https://secure-fra.adnxs.com/click?mpmZmZmZuT_kpZvEILCyPwrXo3A9Cu8_5KWbxCCwsj-amZmZmZm5P-DDXZFmyZ4dl4dbZfVX_yecixdVAAAAACpgRQDaBgAAdAoAAAIAAACy0qEBIY0GAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEACwB-gCBSQAAV80AAgUAAQIAAJ4A1yqLEgAAAAA./cnd=!xQX3Nwi_mdkDELKlhw0YoZoaIAA./referrer=https://secure.wntg2x.com/serve?zoneid=39195117&pid=2321&pl=above&ch=row&sec=secure&size=300x250/clickenc=http://.../?a=20601&c=58197&s2=fra1CJeP7qrW_tX_JxACGOCH94rprLLPHSIPMjA5LjE4MS4xMDcuMjUzKAEwnJfeqAU.

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