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player setup.exe

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 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 admin.magnotstop.com.
Publisher:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8edd256adb7625e41479f5def37a58d9

SHA-1:
c23976b2263341519b87177db6daf232335c5663

SHA-256:
110c6eb903ae7e4b5fc12ff7e289ee73172f26783b968ad6af691fe88c768516

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:
11/23/2024 11:20:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.4.30.9

File size:
679.8 KB (696,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App secure LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=App secure LLC, O=App secure LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

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:
5D0A1845D85007CD040B350F48C5F721

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/24/2015 11:05:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iPFs58L4KWjLllh1b50hl0cV8GGI1G4Kz4ktXkbomziYdIjVocXVp1tDUnNYEjCT:iPkHfehllXGeG4Kz4w6i/ocXV1UnaDsU

Entry address:
0x1C1F00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, ED, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8523

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnotstop.com/MxtVJC0qY1HpBiaiU7yXdsU50CIVbhghfJasK9OVsrL0DP4YPlKfM2qNhP5LttF_yQiUEWesobXTppgV_-ok9MDCpneYViEdZPBbLZ9rjm38w9hU-_iZUsTjkbtUB9xn1UhKtvTtIp-3tjicWePMmw92NshuEcH6LUnWDJJJs-S3thRHcyI3Ob3WVdWCcorCRv46iEEkip2g6Eewr-xglbHNpdWCFdQGzlc68ExQccAFPdZlbq1EXm8SlimRxlsmCqSh5hpQgLkEIiqeRT_mgUaL1-Wz9P4ZW7zUcAgAGcK9y5NgByzA_Jv7MKatGTPvu7nDOg4Wa3SnhVFTkkg7KWV4L7u0YezwiCva15Pp21Ter3z6U9boKQEQESeGGZz18zIRJ8tVJUlsGtTSA71xGNW01VsHNVQPp2qYS4IRVm4

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