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player setup.exe

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 clkdeals.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bdc8381630cec982cf56ec5fac49408c

SHA-1:
71c816f1cba2945aa6de135ebe63e88b3e4b80cd

SHA-256:
2c5b5cb194ccd458b38bd1988417e33e354da3c658e3eb77940ac966f7954954

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 3:59:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.5.16.4

File size:
1016 KB (1,040,360 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 S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
11/21/2014 5:17:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qUTIcxlECxghXU6C18/SzVckJTxtMN6Jr2lBfYhUOcpupWDNp7iV+:qUJx22zxhckJTxSNc1h9WyS7J

Entry address:
0x17AD80

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8854

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
976 KB (999,424 bytes)

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

http://clkdeals.com/adServe/.../Eid1LpJxb5sjWQwXznBTlCJyTwCW9h8strx0&ui=ejW8rM3eSiUOjof2ZQmiXoBVNmK1S2tV4AiO6vwMV6iyuEWkT EG0Sa3l89eYLrI&src=BANNER

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