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:
6bedb46fa3de995c2edd51b980effff3

SHA-1:
38b5d6b1bffb692baaac9fd759c9fe6b7a780f2d

SHA-256:
b370257666e5ac906dae2014ddafbab15da78d8aabe30463654a2298bcc87216

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 6:48:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.2.14

File size:
1.3 MB (1,390,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Ingilizce

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 2:59:59 AM

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 2:36:57 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:brKqlGCPcJKwybUDwEZZODYmR9G+gnbkk6XRJfe3DqYO/KpLwFfngWX4VmJPak:brKo4ZwCOnYjVmJPa

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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