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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 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp4013.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
733b03bc11818255ba102b4e84464635

SHA-1:
b979e94ebca2e8c5d22d48d310f666c41bdf1002

SHA-256:
863e3412a5957d9614bf0874a967862e8ce8ae21f63f4689bb1f57365d33f369

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
11/14/2024 2:23:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
882

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.07

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-W [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4015

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1245

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.27075
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-ea0c27a9
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
11.2014-06-09_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13286

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7016

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.747

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.ddthlw
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Malware
11.20140906

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.06.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
14.9.6.9

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11234
2.0.0.1913

File size:
1.1 MB (1,103,088 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:
6/12/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
8/12/2014 1:37:53 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FGIbpkdDnlQLnnIT/Jr6K9NebA4sztscTNGaM:JwLlQLnIrJr6K9NebAvHK

Entry address:
0x5D80

Entry point:
E8, 5F, 20, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 20, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, B0, 10, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, 30...
 
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Entropy:
7.8092  (probably packed)

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

The file player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp4013.com/biBqggO4vDBcfrhJTYYZcBNekHGL65AduLpEmghgJuRM8cAkP9tqChLU7kPDa381q5hrybNTqZ8CSBiAP9S7uuKzexVbaS2NSS1iyYNVpvg0PmqJe4ghlncwiwt6ruaG?sbb=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

http://ttb.dwnltotalsoft.com/download/request/.../i0XNe39K?ClickID=007388778009803145193&PubID=007388778

http://clkrev.com/adServe/adClick?ai=fMLVOUeNi BTkeWxup3xRaTKg6egWsw72mvanmalsnMTXnLPvbyStQqhS/jDOMDVgV3as0rfkM2C YbD6ROk4Eil1j57 JOea/ZYXPYwo735lkkLEB146pQ==&ui=CNi02TDIVtuFZhyCOjaJ3vbWwvziNp/.../kHwcjgm1t&src=BANNER

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