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 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cc479649e271e136b63d343956b48d6e

SHA-1:
3e8549e468c399186ba9ccfeebd0dadb37da3aed

SHA-256:
62ab8a2861e526b3eb3ccdf00150a9b9e028857c0e5abe9b89dfd993d3b38f4d

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/27/2024 6:05:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
810

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.174.76

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140916

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3350

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1295

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-7
0.98/19429

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19611

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.16.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10460

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-16-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.17.7

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13476

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2934

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.16.10

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7006

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1001.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.777

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.16.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
14.9.16.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33120

File size:
1.2 MB (1,235,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, 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=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:
9/15/2014 7:24:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1TDEKEDyFPyhiLRl1g+nqttUk215LRbEIfyXXl7yJ:1T6eFPyALdg+nqtuk213EIf2Xq

Entry address:
0x999F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, E1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, F2, 45, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.6593

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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