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player setup.exe

Installer

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, “Installer Setup ” 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from kydka8667av4.kze4hrhh.com.
Publisher:
App Secure LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
354d05e4b872f91ca00e0fbd76e3ed53

SHA-1:
5bdcc93000ff3922376c3dc0c0b5cf4a0b759f83

SHA-256:
7982a4eba855a54892e9fff8b023175f5c745a252060f8a2d95de5b59288a9c2

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:
12/24/2024 3:22:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.7.14

File size:
1.5 MB (1,596,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App Secure LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/5/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 3:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://kydka8667av4.kze4hrhh.com/-gpqiYv8FEGRlZ_rV99jl2s-M0go1rmtMfjZQpmD70XCNfNOU3SNzOmGpq3_HB-hLmeAdHmBB7Scwe6Pdrh5S3dX4GJoGM4J6pno41m-dP_VREh9hN5e8qD-VxHXcpHcctPYw7x_BNBdHte3FuEL66EPrleCcUOgQSctMo_2G95OYhGSs4-7OEu5YMdhfgfsQsoIj3r9z6NQ5fNsPqAbRsQaW7U597iD0CWp5FFE91E

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