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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 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp496.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
398b656cf454654f3be93b16bc0e7890

SHA-1:
b678da2542021a720c1b0e19060c9fbee5686d27

SHA-256:
591958fc33a7eaa2d67d4de15b5467fa342e2460aef1fbdb65e2ef6d036aa2ac

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/27/2024 9:04:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3383

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of jvlsetup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.28.16

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13054

McAfee
Program.Socrydo
5600.7039

Norman
Malware
11.20141028

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
14.8.14.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32186

File size:
1.3 MB (1,373,712 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:
VeriSign, 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=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:
01438AF7C5B708CB0E497C84D028BF72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2014 1:04:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:CS6Cqp3hVbl9HxvLhgAFlMlCcmpElsnevdxK1NpP:Pqp3LDxdg4lMASl9dxKn5

Entry address:
0x3DF6

Entry point:
E8, 09, 27, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6727

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

The file Player Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://kyle.mxp496.com/4WP3PDIN5lrYzkRrEAowZf3wlFPiyIhEie1VCcsUYV0I-N7bJMPDvr4rb-azWUW3US95BJQci0Y21W9GxJbs3wy9cIZ3gChJgmar2LG1YpIZImE6DW87ieQ_ZdEhYUzg?sbb=CZFKmBVmUkrsElP9H50n7yILiVA4WrF7yxX4OJRH63B84kXKeED17vG11S97HGbR0S6dvI2cgpOAsEsjygkqsWoF04lNQBjBObnIqUo3MxWfATn5G9BHXOVCBidJN3gtpJwigZeI9vkHU0lzLapeRosr7pBGLNpNM6vG1KbyyLEpB27mgaOvhCWfBNcfEmfa5bHF6OkuZm701BvVyaFSMoW7Rv198H8bJJDyWFPzIh3J6KZJTHvpag5cbhut4PTaOL3CMzyulyR8vzX16Tl3AFwqH6HtjTvybk0mUg2l8WBExvYcZfuRtX8PmidDSC6PBKlt5ujBpk73uitYTpaKED6erB8chs3zEIItCN1AFz9y7ECdxeQjm2M0jpX62AjeiVJLXJPvgec7PWdzSL0SpUeiZ0kskxNObWNG060ky2W9mqtESAxOmvf0plb3dZQ1XmWvx1m2IYh9ThTE6aUKutP2Qn1fCcMZvnpiNduBZbMOWWReJOzOGRvei5REiWVzgtkqLVop3iuwNAYgvxOkDR3cAvA313iY1eryAqERVWCE8qcaohk3DudLH1yAopoBSVXwGNpdNI4KtBUUGUIqhBOIxNxbC9KynxCvmk0afiCLgtRMQnB49qqy6XUukc83HajpqHyiAuTThRwcjutcLzBT00vFpg0llDel13QGXWU8J6WH3n24puYgsFaFvkji0gAHFf6yjr3oOyiXPlEkXzxeHhaGdafztnoupe4baRBVEdAypMVUTxXcl9UhgDchARIcs8txPCL80zNtldAInz63kWvZ6cwuwet4I8U4n4zAL3OkcGzvizlfZPaRTQXS1aeXryfgrp4i

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