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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 ttb.qhm8g04fy.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5b740d8fba2c3745e8f8710bf6c9bc8c

SHA-1:
9470e0d4c40f095dc2cbd0ae6aa7cf220dfb0fb0

SHA-256:
658064e829c221c925d21f95b513cc1dc5de1e6c6886cd182411ace439796d0b

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:
12/25/2024 2:04:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUP.Bundler (M)
16.6.27.18

File size:
562.5 KB (576,040 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:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 8:14:26 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 8:14:26 AM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, O=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
079EA58C1A6ED1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/24/2015 9:33:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ifs6pGicM+Zvba+rAAxCZhKv54WDDLZ1KyCNjJ9AP4p7PRyPfE8J/B6u:Is6cLMUba+rLCZe4WDHLpChwPwRyPlxd

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 90, 4D, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 23, B8, 7B, BC, 6B, 53, 09, 31, 7F, B3, 5A, 69, 81, FA, D0, 20, AF, 01, DC, ED, AD, E4, 61, 50, D7, 0E, 08, 33, 9C, 49, 3E, 78, 71, 6D, A4, A3, 67, 11, 84, 8A, 95, A4, BF, 07, D1, 74, 7D, 25, 18, B9, F5, F1, 0F, 03, E4, 8C, 93, FD, B4, 15, 94, 33, 29, 90, DD, 58, E7, CC, B2, 56, 20, 8B, 0A, 96, 14, A4, A6, 5F, 16, 19, 31, 59, 57, BC, 13, 0A, E6, 96, FF, 84, 85, 3A, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9519

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,280,000 bytes)

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

http://ttb.qhm8g04fy.com/download/request/.../5VsCF0BE?__tc=1429998291.112&lpsl=f7d7e588b363896bdb0e04d17dfc50e4&expire=1430081091&slp=www.nwfileds.com&pub_id=P61972138&ce_cid=ZnQIP-JW4URkcSuFumLg2MqvB4EbWuhKVJ0hyAu0QZCJypIOcJo8J2HZZYo1p-dlz4CS0L11Dh2BhXVYgTxI3a_HXZ02wcS1Xe3FcduEr-43TQdtbKyxjSj-SBvq5WVON-GN265DK5GGoQ2ucQQyjFue5EkXOBgjT2Dk21xMqsNarXUnR4E0aUJND0zF4BmZ1kpwawQDpYzvj8Fmlm-Ra-omQDvxTVpu-qmsEpT8z5xV_ddgMVq4sZIlqGHiZjXjJsbXuutKXyyssLtjb5p2gn4-rvppZSjbI5Ca_D1dkVq4w102tYJcqqccwMa20LZToKkUlv2PNBQIQt0-fntpenkYlH9-Ts7ueQ1tCVPCK1s6GFesELXAGoNTdQX1T23XgAQUQJ0UQg0Xi0sgx1WskCLMztk8Xde5mgN60ExGs6kbwwL40Q&fileName=Player_Setup

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