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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:
0a0f1473e3467b963f4312172a3cc52a

SHA-1:
71360f7bee2f5bcef8f89d21020d78a723b87181

SHA-256:
d33bcee621026cca5169a190cc2012e8d1a1c23c68990f2e7a5a385742270096

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 9:03:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
932.6 KB (954,936 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:
11/14/2014 11:27:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:t5Yr15f753d5QWIDz/Wz9NCyzHinLipNDJ5eoFb0OZ/WiGaks+HL63S27x4:tyHv5Z+Wzv7AiBll0OBWi6si9G

Entry address:
0x136A6

Entry point:
E8, BD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, C0, 10, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, D8, 48, 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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