flvplayer_update_v13.0.0.206.exe

Plugin Update SL

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 flvplayer_update_v13.0.0.206.exe by Plugin Update SL 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:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e8732f3a85115a47d95db75d54127811

SHA-1:
0ff15320548a8835cc0069f1e409a42f827c83a1

SHA-256:
f20d9a392f420a6cf49bab2150a8a99aaaa0607faeb16d521fc6a6af1f2de8e0

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:
11/22/2024 7:51:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.11.1

File size:
1.1 MB (1,204,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\flvplayer_update_v13.0.0.206.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/12/2014 10:31:06 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 10:31:06 AM

Subject:
E=contact@pluginupdatesl.com, CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C2BF8ED71E96CCD55D3A79E92DAEAD78

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/12/2014 1:06:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x463D

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 39, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 80, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 80, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, A0, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 68, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 44, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 68, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1...
 
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Entropy:
7.6165

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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