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player setup.exe

Plugin Update S.L.

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 S.L 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from bwhkh8kszqo.pwg5p5vd.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8152bffaff62330206ecff33de156882

SHA-1:
3b0f0217a30ae247cbadccf252e91f06d6c997fe

SHA-256:
c4e050f5b56dc97576855a992f0f29e40ac11b63d4835c9a2ca109bc9cd3407a

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:
11/6/2024 12:27:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.4

File size:
935.4 KB (957,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update S.L., O=Plugin Update S.L., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de 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:
0E923B9CF60DA59FC3A43A87A8071FC2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/14/2014 11:27:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Y5Yr15f753d5QWIDz/Wz9NCyzHinLipNDJ5eoFb0OZ/WiGaks+HL63S27x4S:YyHv5Z+Wzv7AiBll0OBWi6si9G3

Entry address:
0x136A6

Entry point:
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Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

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

http://bwhkh8kszqo.pwg5p5vd.com/iH6LIN_v2kf5bpQF5BB28PBb6ZC4TbzOBrJrCrsRhQRr5BkMcqvxz1iZ3lnnPTjEt5dTNsw2e0x48vGcUqFmF8CztL1Ae0PRkIm4FHaS5uxBZMUq2Ukrp9pmrMUP3fxX

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