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player setup.exe

taskhost

Digital Plugin 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 Digital Plugin 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.4u7ynbh3y0.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
5f01db155dc2de02194646633034a906

SHA-1:
6250ade2f402bb0ddf9dbe2c447d51852bf7d99a

SHA-256:
93fbb3195844b1fcfbac44a2e422e3f97a688ca53484f8bfb845c57263a6e84b

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:
11/27/2024 1:35:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.3.2.8

File size:
1.1 MB (1,200,128 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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/4/2015 12:40:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:F8vLvb1yMby1E51gyoMD/9+rSOPTW8pry:FWtbKELB6rhW8hy

Entry address:
0x21486

Entry point:
E8, 5D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, F5, 26, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 83, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 2F, 36, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 8C, ED, 49, 00, E8, 8F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, FC, B0, 4A, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 84, ED, 49, 00, E8, DE, 27, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03...
 
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Code size:
230 KB (235,520 bytes)

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

http://ttb.4u7ynbh3y0.com/download/request/.../r8PpiAy3?__tc=1420434362.907&lpsl=b5c46eb7415b2e561da4c6ff07d09a24&expire=1420520758&PubID=36151202&slp=www.greatzsotf.com&ClickID=tDeZlGRTh920QfkHcjIvPGcbRdRV1yccgM5lloCbHwdVKaE-pXW9EDjihG11jneiDHkOMGinwA5H3OD1i_0sDKZzNyW3_XaCSBJOjz6QGvOqKTunK-s-lTL-XVEjBTZMJpmACgXXhZASQ_lo_n2sPrcVs0s3qbYfRsS0eJcdKX5ewG_pOrGmtx1mRioiP7js3sTi3m8Scfj2LhyM1d-Y8-gdk6oQ0sQL2kVgDZX5Qmr-UTVYr35wK6xdePGDGWAWnWfbK3DnvDeAIu95gg9C0QkO6o02ffKXzneU7IQ3vzlrMLoPkLKCmyCMnxV10ouHpkMo13pWuVJp6J_NIpfny0OWMdu1kJGIgNVz-c9sO4g1FH0h_1IcsBXigDS0n1ybX5_wNzRykNsc7D-tMZcavh9QiA&fileName=Player_Setup

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