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 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp4117.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c3017326e335ad688d121323a4380b88

SHA-1:
a7ea98a75fe30654edbad8ab19ce847f297d00e3

SHA-256:
c22ed5e4821ff05930aa1ea76d40c63908d0ca291155c08a60f4112157dee548

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
11/24/2024 1:45:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
863

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.174.76

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3341

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1335

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-7
0.98/19429

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19611

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.24.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10460

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-24-09_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.6.18

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13476

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.3201

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.24.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6997

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1001.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.801

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.24.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.9.24.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33120

File size:
1.2 MB (1,235,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 7:59:59 PM

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

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:
01438AF7C5B708CB0E497C84D028BF72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/15/2014 8:24:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FTDEKEDyFPyhiLRl1g+nqttUk215LRbEIfyXXl7yU:FT6eFPyALdg+nqtuk213EIf2XD

Entry address:
0x999F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, E1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, F2, 45, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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