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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:
cb341b0a618dc3a5950a0b84004378ec

SHA-1:
8c1d9d707e54ca7c5c87691d2e4d109a276a4917

SHA-256:
14ecfdb55927895a1434c2286ab7ef29d6c0bfbb8a27b3abd60204e414e2e984

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 7:00:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.SmartSec.Bundler (M)
16.5.20.9

File size:
1 MB (1,088,728 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:
1/27/2015 10:59:27 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:AJGR1dbA6lWvlNKlrkv7FWPR2uQSkBmDJvq+STn2BKL6HcuN:AuZA68tw9kvyR5QSh7ST2EL68Y

Entry address:
0x13DEF0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, F0, 43, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 20, FC, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 04, BA, 13, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, E8, EE, 0F, 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:
7.9860  (probably packed)

Code size:
1024 KB (1,048,576 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=pM3AuPqkQr8Fm-hRB6rXo1erJcPBo82RrK28hPG81elg43eMlgy_krDA7_9aMDdkO8SvOlu2NPnJvFrBbG_i6OYCrSaPO46CF3yJZ8nP4pMaLq4BThvTKQUQOpvWiLfm7vy6AE1j9jYUGPvVqHwTbKtGFkhtipjkvtQoyTmcJDs89kFsK4YnCrJX7rm0L-eUdZEpzS315vd9wNPyZ7ML2G3Ul9Z2djJO0i-QlEN4W_miINrGX6T5F9jJq6o7vsPJWH8m6DMsdoWiomXqef8HOhgFkONujJr1uMRXu3le87M1RAIYmas2eXmwWy5w5AbJF8C-D0KsVTZtHYkGMaBORoAIbFIpWnkZuKrtSSy-RcwFHGJ9UicIIdViGDgH6ZfQnW3RL-ZQ6o2LNwq0CNOu-tzqM_P9O51ZbgA

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