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

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
0859e70235c90d76a7033a19d323e0dc

SHA-1:
743d3b94a0b4c0015751294bb0af6ab585aab8ae

SHA-256:
93a8208b86fc801128ffdfc1146f1712c9b49d7634ff95f18e51104736b9ad31

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 2:03:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.29.11

File size:
1.3 MB (1,391,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
9/29/2014 10:36:43 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ixP8/8Mle/jYpx1BNgldCjjhyYQCuA0VaBVSK3yg13J2uUme4ZDD:ipILclE5yYQ/daqrKJ2Se4Z

Entry address:
0x7D80

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, AE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 44, 11, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 5C, 76, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 3C, 11, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5723

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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

http://clkrev.com/adServe/adClick?ai=fMLVOUeNi CgAjys0rITq5TbJRHfz1FgfUvWNUTJaHOfZpErTQxLYvps1pyXJrCPYk3oHsdtSHQl VzEKW1NoJc1yCGxKDaOzn2aRK00MS2LBHguu0MbiB7zMOhB8ox1F8lppqhMU3rTBSDFVGsJqgs5u Gxk7PdqEViq/0jkAZ7UzzqHgDxOVg6a b aZyKUTDlN548V38VCyKY4t/.../2X0mXmwXx&src=BANNER

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