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player.exe

Trusted Download 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.exe by Trusted Download 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:
Trusted Download LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f37fa22f849ecf24053ad7640bde4eaa

SHA-1:
7f07b5e82e58af439028ba251939819b0dec8778

SHA-256:
0df08930ed741570a6fd06da2a99fa78119080e227bec35ee3a84828006176c4

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:
12/24/2024 3:27:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.7.7

File size:
485.5 KB (497,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Trusted Download LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/5/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Trusted Download LLC, O=Trusted Download LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
5FB561BBCCBE7D6358E7AB139439FEE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2015 6:34:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, B0, DC, 58, 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, 5D, A6, CB, FE, E1, 56, 16, CD, 5D, 72, C0, 17, CF, 7D, EE, 01, 07, 95, 8A, 01, 86, CF, 52, 4F, D9, A7, 64, 8D, B7, 4C, E0, 12, B4, DF, 60, 56, E2, 04, 0D, FC, 26, AF, 52, 74, 4A, AA, 7A, 4E, FD, 26, 75, 3F, 75, A6, 35, E3, DC, 39, E8, C5, C5, 40, A6, AD, 79, 18, 3D, 77, D1, F3, 70, 9C, 1B, 29, D4, BB, C5, 4B, F2, 47, 67, D3, DD, CD, 2C, 2D, D8, C8, EA, 45, 02, 45, 38...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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