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 29 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:
5d56afdfdd5217848c7ca7ffcacc570c

SHA-1:
e084ae4890a1793955f943ce1fad12d23b07088c

SHA-256:
3ce9b340fbfb07c75ade39b22b4f87230c0dbcab799fe3b6c6d81e8c99d4ce5d

Scanner detections:
29 / 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 6:34:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
868

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.20

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-GU [PUP]
2014.9-140919

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3346

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
1.0.20.1310

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-757224
0.98/19392

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
8.14.09.19.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-cbc036c2
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.29.7

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13166

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.3227

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ.Gen
v2014.09.19.04

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7002

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.ddtbql
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.19.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.9.19.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Skwink
10350

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.1
2.0.0.1927

File size:
1.4 MB (1,442,408 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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 8:59:59 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:
7/28/2014 4:23:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:J6Vo4jIB4rH3mlW3Pca2ksSSnJeH7nL8Wp6whEZV2rQnyhLP0R84KpUpVvmeG:8a4jw2h+JetlE6rQnyhLP0R1Kipg7

Entry address:
0x6596

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 8D, 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, D0, FD, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, B0, 57, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C8, FD...
 
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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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