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

MD5:
fc834ac61077df7dde7e86e813d79c64

SHA-1:
73bb8a02bced6e71ae7d89bb686cc7db2be2a68a

SHA-256:
ba91c9d5d6995a080ae28adf6b197fd10e4dbee3e263d1c9bc641c20ca369120

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:
11/27/2024 7:29:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler (M)
16.5.3.17

File size:
550.1 KB (563,312 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 6:59:59 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 8:49:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ll/NiIoYAbvZO7wNJgHO78VN4zN8EMDOVUjW3Xg8oSABB2:LZjoY4EEyHWqN6KjzbP2

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-lax.adnxs.com/click?uB6F61G4rj93LSEf9GymPwAAAAAAAPA_dy0hH_Rspj-4HoXrUbiuP2ZVwcCgIhw6jsazFpDyWERz4BVVAAAAAOY_RQDaBgAAdAoAAAIAAAAqtaEBIY0GAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEACwB-gC3RgAAX74AAgUAAQIAAJ4AByRjOgAAAAA./cnd=!IAblOwjmkdkDEKrqhg0YoZoaIAA./referrer=https://www.taxact.com/registration.asp/clickenc=http://.../?a=19871&c=58197&s1=APN&s2=lax1CI6Nz7WB0rysRBACGOaqhYaM1IiOOiINMjQuMTcxLjc3LjE2MCgBMPPA16gF

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