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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 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp4116.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eff72ddba3383fc05ba067fb3039ba7c

SHA-1:
bd0238318521c3ff4d412b0362103b52e02c1529

SHA-256:
ecf0b130a321fbf5ea98f207c233e1dd83b071436242162d120b8c8946f0f469

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 2:37:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
16.1.21.16

File size:
1.3 MB (1,339,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/9/2014 1:37:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NKyKz4D4ufmwhzA2QoPKCys7JdpmnMlxy9KR8uQcuQ:NKVzMNuwIKyoBmnMSURNQw

Entry address:
0x998F

Entry point:
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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 URL.

http://kyle.mxp4116.com/5VGCJLCVkrk08L7s3QMw-PmU1ApWXbrnrmhFuH5bdWo54yLRFvgYXSTaWWNKMpSjHEY5c1z5ukycL6GUYWGXdbUqb27-Kicq_yxf3qXa9s0?sbb=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