new_player.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 new_player.exe by Plugin Update SL has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp4119.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fd31f38dceb6fe2693f0cde45cfac32e

SHA-1:
041d6f10a25673fc687bf56269a7928fbc02cfe1

SHA-256:
e8a52d8b53db4300996ffbafdff5bcf6329dd7f23e95392bf493efb92d2e6bbf

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/28/2024 9:56:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11829056
790

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.177.50

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140924

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3341

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11829056
1.0.20.1700

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-47
0.98/19483

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34505
9.0.1.0340

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11829056
8.14.12.06.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUZF!tr
12/6/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-4c3a7d54
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11829056
11.2014-06-12_7

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11829056
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.6.20

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13611

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3200

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.12.06.03

McAfee
Softpulse.a
5600.6997

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11829056
15.0.0.1020

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfowyp
0.28.2.62483

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1391600.B
14.10.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.24.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.9.24.19

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13431
2.0.0.1945

File size:
1.3 MB (1,391,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1858913428C49A270BE00711E97381C6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2014 12:39:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XXO93poEu4pCkao1bNQfSyNGXTYGwwKCWiBe+I351KDsTXY8vZ6Qez:XMZoANNbyNGjW8u5MsTXY8vfK

Entry address:
0x74B6

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 66, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 20, AD, 46, 00, FF, 15, D0, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 24, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, CE, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, E5, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 25, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 58, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 94, 12, 46, 00, E8, 9F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 48, 74, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 8C, 12...
 
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Entropy:
7.5593

Code size:
79.5 KB (81,408 bytes)

The file new_player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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