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

MD5:
c17a78c759040cb13c85260aeaed3571

SHA-1:
ee3968e23a7c2bc0223170bbcd1ff4d0dae0da4c

SHA-256:
fe104dff8fa84c045b0ee4fce5bdbec19efb2300937ab5c598f8faed9ca00b46

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:
12/29/2024 2:46:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.7.1.10

File size:
566.7 KB (580,328 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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 3:59:59 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:
6/1/2015 7:37:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:w9CYh4DPlf3e42zj7OP/cIilnAT6s9OoX3JqkCPlkHQF0H5xA3txBwtxlHk:JMO24jcIQnAOs9bXZHQFyzgtbwa

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D4, CC, 5C, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 51, 80, A8, 99, 9D, 12, C2, 8D, A5, EE, E3, 84, EE, 5B, C8, 8B, C8, 7A, 85, 71, 93, 9F, 23, 63, 01, 7B, F5, 38, B8, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.9410

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,242,112 bytes)

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

http://admin.obtainmagno.com/75pHdLbomyEffXGzXjiqNfDHk3KuFTd0oEPzrMN0lLdW4XH_8tliPHFnTb6hLnrc0pdjzfWPx2OaIQv5lTLpjYjGuu7acM0_LeToNsE4_jrAhOjeK2gc7KkMNQ43mPaLNrZhVpb1NjIKm0E8LI7QcX7nFPoztnVRygJmzF7K93CT8MOhmts-e9Ms7XCwGxdKJsdkdQAxPtpJ9dn-bsyiJvadhxRAfhu43QzX59NqYR3zyLkUYv5cUoKi_pdyoow2Vt-A7Ok-vQwTxiiIg3ZxfFnTbCknSMX1a620ccWiUmUrEGaMIize2q-qVzs1kXnuO3KlRidQqdS4_UqITKInvfRTKcJjSmGhcEZBQ6B41mv7G2fJLGxspWp2sHxk9OP5BxsQAP_FlPiIaKkGS0Sb7A

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