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player setup.exe

Smart Secure Software 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 Smart Secure Software 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 www.vidarama.info.
Publisher:
Smart Secure Software S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
21cd9d8e45c498d19c8b8cbbd47b242a

SHA-1:
60c505fc9faa08e447755e5a1e86a377e561981f

SHA-256:
47dd663124844299b4ca1bfb2edbeac5ebac2003c274024eeb4bf1e09b2892bb

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:
1/9/2025 6:53:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSecureSoftwareSl.Bundler (M)
15.12.28.10

File size:
1.2 MB (1,296,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Secure Software S.l.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/14/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/15/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Secure Software S.l., O=Smart Secure Software S.l., STREET=El Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

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

Serial number:
3FE11492275B337C9F032D96A4574137

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 2:58:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nAbMSe0NArZRTldLRxpyg9fKPlU0Lw62uT+x1fWp2vL:nONerTtvLMw62THL

Entry address:
0x15706

Entry point:
E8, AE, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F9, 1D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 60, F5, 47, 00, E8, 26, 6D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, CC, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, CF, 29, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64...
 
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Entropy:
7.7329  (probably packed)

Code size:
162 KB (165,888 bytes)

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

http://www.vidarama.info/5a68d85b-8eb2-4709-a0eb-01336c4ab67e?siteID=11869518&xxx=tPpSYAHfNKW5W1d8Zvzn2mQlbjUB7NFo1JqPhaHT6Kuy8dMZ60IhS05NiDoiONVsM48Urm7Xucd51aM9DMRdtWKE2OepasUJ8yE6yDimG0kJC1ayCiJ4qt8cH9gHi15N-3Ufnau9xsA6LWj8eeDQ7et2VpViRqjOf47VJ2v87e11Cvjz89PRBGy6bkL37iJTp-VPscgWsTzdWROTWZxLfV80p9KycTwHNMXrwSvIHG6olPZuwGo8a7BxlJ9X_lm2ege1P7z0nw9f3rPOu7qIMML9sc7eKeAryqB2vxETe1EHrVMkqj3d6zxjtyKfaW7SoLHYXFvNJmVhZ17kBu5biEd6QcqvY_ktXFHWmAn79NjWDwu6_limP37tLZ2nMurTLoAUYbPFoaeAJf9oXJpUvcJCMW5nNwxqkMv7cJFLTv4_d2--vKM

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