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 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp474.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d3c7f65db49c81254ea3f86dd43655c9

SHA-1:
c0bfcfe6334564dc3b80895aff4a89673b682bd4

SHA-256:
af2e88d0dd7db7adae2914978f4c269cde588d2b0f3355596e19260e7940f599

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/6/2024 6:32:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
140813-1

Dr.Web
Win32.HLLW.Benjamin
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.8.26.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

File size:
1.4 MB (1,432,688 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:
6/12/2014 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:
7/27/2014 3:29:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Q+8OPRGlnlhXSnJeH7nL8Wp6whEZV2rQnyhLP0R84KpUpVvmea:KX+JetlE6rQnyhLP0R1KipgD

Entry address:
0x6586

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 6D, 46, 00, FF, 15, CC, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, E8, D8, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, B8, 32, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, E0, D8...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

The file new_player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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