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player setup.exe

taskhost

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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.vidarama.info.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
264981bcbaa89378f0923a82b4d821c4

SHA-1:
4350ccd797019c7e38d56960f454d29df22bacaa

SHA-256:
b0e38ccb099b23e830aaae54c26852e1ba0fbe7f36ee138c8ab9b3cc9e2b12b4

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:
1/9/2025 6:48:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.2.9

File size:
1 MB (1,078,392 bytes)

Product version:
6. 5. 4. 6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
1/8/2015 5:53:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:AQP1WIt/PcyQzktVF72ofLFCQUeXkS96WJW0m:L9WiHcWFdFCBk9vWT

Entry address:
0x13216E

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 9F, 02, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 8B, D6, 8B, CF, E8, 5C, 00, 00, 00, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10, 2B, D0, 2B, C9, 3B, CA, 73, 26, 8B, D9, AC, 41, 24, FE, 3C, E8, 75, F2, 43, 83, C1, 04, AD, 0B, C0, 78, 06, 3B, C2, 73, E5, EB, 06, 03, C3, 78, DF, 03, C2, 2B, C3, 89, 46, FC, EB, D6, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5F, 81, C7, 8C, FF, FF, FF, B0, E9, AA, B8, 9B...
 
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Entropy:
7.6613

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
229.5 KB (235,008 bytes)

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

http://www.vidarama.info/5a68d85b-8eb2-4709-a0eb-01336c4ab67e?siteID=11869518&xxx=s1CXaBjKNt4ereOn1ORCX0ZUJHkQ77DFwlozXhA5ePU-pvImA-vtc7Tekibu4sGRgAqWRsvYCJm5fZZe7PqqPCHS0RduK4gIcgjVebBAj4H_dFp0t84guTBB9uYbZlCJcSBpK-2-1TtzHwb_5wteRwq6O_9xb0kjx0Xvevz4a5m2Md3VsALO-_OHm6cUX4KKmd_UyattFcT1zkpEX1fcnSKHcui5T9WD5CMeu9Rc_c8YOO_LtDSspfBi7XMP4kbDL5sYozPi5t5dP_E6_JTQ7jFuckiNwmSgVFNBHKJodVeRBRTRKiYUAa9uCOWY3TJDAKLF0WFLs4kla1fQKYwxRODyQDwoD0st9oI6b1yW41n9UzN6_xfKO6GufDIshLomwoUNaxcuPfhq_8OLFjL5-CyL9U-uSrHhDA8bblSYHZJWaj_otOy9cw

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