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File Setup 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 file player.cpl by File Setup llc 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.
Publisher:
File Setup llc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eacc6d0267f5d58570033f92ee0e0b28

SHA-1:
83694840a0336ba2f8c32f4f94973f425f4d0fff

SHA-256:
25d840640f70bf23fcff79dbd8e01b43c9452c4d91d868cad7faa8b7bb0631e7

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:
12/25/2024 3:21:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.14.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,185,872 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player.cpl

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Setup llc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/20/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/20/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=File Setup llc, O=File Setup llc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
39CC7C4BD6B9058E818797B15709AF3C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 1:52:07 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x37D90

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F0, FD, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 10, 50, 8B, 4D, 0C, 51, 8B, 55, 08, 52, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, FE, 68, 30, 27, 08, 10, 68, C0, A6, 03, 10, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 83, C4, E8, 53, 56, 57, A1, 10, 6D, 08, 10, 31, 45, F8, 33, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, C7, 45, E4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 75, 10, 83, 3D, 5C, AB, 08, 10, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 4E, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.1471

Code size:
409.5 KB (419,328 bytes)

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