player setup.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 player setup.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 ttb.dwnltotalsoft.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
809571ed509e269dd717146d19a7314f

SHA-1:
0de039b154e0891c61c307433b1ae7ba6875f58f

SHA-256:
c810262d82fbd9db424556dfccd69509fbb4421d902e41c4ff6c185e8411123f

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 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:
12/26/2024 6:10:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.26.16

File size:
1.3 MB (1,390,664 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

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

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:
10/1/2014 6:36:57 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rrKqlGCPcJKwybUDwEZZODYmR9G+gnbkk6XRJfe3DqYO/KpLwFfngWX4VmJPak:rrKo4ZwCOnYjVmJPa

Entry address:
0x7D90

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, AE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 84, 0F, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 9C, 74, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 7C, 0F, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

The file player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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