» mplayer_setup.exe
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Analysis
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mplayer_setup.exe

Optimum Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application mplayer_setup.exe, “mplayer ” by Optimum Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer.

File name:

mplayer_setup.exe

Publisher:

OptimumInstaller (signed by Optimum Installer)

Product:

OptimumInstaller

Description:

mplayer

Version:

2.0.13

MD5:

0b6576732edf7f2f7320104ee11df95b

SHA-1:

5990abc772b52932837d1efdce8499524a8ea184

SHA-256:

c54492563cbf6cd6857196e7a3d99bf93ebc9e62ff32941c1dce4d21818a34e9

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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 11:50:37 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge (M)

17.3.15.5

File size:

662.6 KB (678,496 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.13

Original file name:

Setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\mplayer_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Optimum Installer

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

11/7/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/7/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Optimum Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Optimum Installer, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:

0809956535A889F9931BDEF10FF6814A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/17/2012 4:39:55 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

Entry address:

0x59E43

Entry point:

E8, 60, F1, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 8B, 4D, 08, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 33, FF, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 5D, FC, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 21, 39, 7D, 14, 74, 1C, 3B, CF, 75, 1F, E8, 65, 0B, 00, 00, 57, 57, 57, 57, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 57, E8, 39, D2, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5B, C9, C3, 8B, 75, 18, 3B, F7, 74, 0D, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10, 39, 45, 14, 76, 21, 83, FB, FF, 74, 0B, 53, 57, 51, E8, EC, CA, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, F7, 74, B9, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10... 
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Entropy:

6.4681

Code size:

483 KB (494,592 bytes)

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