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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 capfhll6.d48p6y454i.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4c34f79f844b1da603f650f745117d26

SHA-1:
53a60cc2a47cf006ec27d0a1f7a6b5789620b382

SHA-256:
80b09bb8210e33222615c847cc023d514a7e450f7d411cd2d387a4584149367c

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:
11/25/2024 8:37:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.4.24.23

File size:
958.6 KB (981,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 1:59:59 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:
11/17/2014 11:19:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vDFQABj8eGZjP5kVsSvUlM+FAl5Qh8Y8A:vDFlPM6yIQybA

Entry address:
0x136F6

Entry point:
E8, BD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, C0, 10, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 48, 49, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C2, 7B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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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://capfhll6.d48p6y454i.com/dnBShmZQuuKhYluy6AcFl-wu8Gf9kN-ZvhO_PuOa1SkfEYLS56Xh2OFDnT-pNepa3FRMqg_tL6y2YQKbGk5hQt1Ss_-ySQ-DGGTcZsT0GoeoTe0Xl8buCqJdd3s3quZJ?sbb=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