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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 nym2.ib.adnxs.com.

File name:

player setup.exe

Publisher:

Softpulse S.l. (signed and verified)

MD5:

2757c37eabc9149bd0c5227202e471ff

SHA-1:

cc24766eb3aa8497e708392e5b0b1457db07e11c

SHA-256:

5101550d395e0431cd2810ca882a04aa0a0f51c24b7a9e5e0320a9daa1cfbf2c

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:

12/26/2024 8:44:25 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Softpulse.SoftpulseSl.Bundler (M)

16.2.27.12

File size:

486.6 KB (498,264 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/23/2015 7:59:59 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:

3/23/2015 11:54:50 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:FjmNm19Ns9KLpi4P8/GAaDfKK3RK3yx7/+1:FHS9WpiUgBa2KR2yi

Entry address:

0x18E3EA

Entry point:

60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10... 
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Entropy:

7.8782

Packer / compiler:

ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:

996 KB (1,019,904 bytes)

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

http://nym2.ib.adnxs.com/click?exSuR-F6lD_SAN4CCYqPP05iEFg5tNA_0gDeAgmKjz97FK5H4XqUPyVPvXQD_dd_zL4YNQzNvlUpv9pSAAAAAL8rHQCZBwAA7QgAAAIAAACcPLQAzEYEAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEACwB-gA70gAAeaoAAQUCAQIAAIoAdiXFsAAAAAA./cnd=!ZAZkPQiy360BEJz50AUYzI0RIAA./referrer=http://www.youtube.com/watch/clickenc=http://traquee.com/.../32ceA8MZqvSzWjGe2tHC83xCm5hxvUcbHpzohaqEeL8?pid=144&tid=nym2CMz94qjDobPfVRACGKWe9aW3oP_rfyIKNzAuMjcuNC42NSgBMKn-6pYF

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