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taskhost

The file player setup.exe.downloading has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 28 anti-malware scanners. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Product:
taskhost

Version:
7. 6. 4. 6

MD5:
07117af06d99086a1fe892e14750127c

SHA-1:
62a6cecb3e80a226e05d12257c84d3730d1fae41

SHA-256:
4e2c66df9447e9425eae9408813a163f297a110ddf67165128c58ec40c57a3f2

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 12:49:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
691

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.SoftPulse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Trojan/Agent.706296
2015.03.16

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aone
7.11.217.124

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DC [Adw]
150303-0

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494185
1.0.20.370

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-83
0.98/20008

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.102
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
8.15.03.15.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.U potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
3/15/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-40593035
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-15-03_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494185
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.6.21.20

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.1851

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.03.15.10

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
16.0.0.222

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dmhank
0.30.0.296

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.494185
11.20150315

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.15.10

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.3.15.21

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.36397
2.0.0.2100

File size:
689.7 KB (706,224 bytes)

Product version:
7. 6. 5. 4

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

Language:
Spanish

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/12/2015 8:53:28 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:gMGU99p82TL5WXv0Be53AXTNMwmTfumY+7rP8db1+Q/WCjVF6WjXKS:/z99pU0Be5wXTNMwmT0+7wf9WcVdXK

Entry address:
0xDBE6

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, F5, 26, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 64, 83, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 7F, 36, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 64, AC, 42, 00, E8, DE, 2F, 00, 00, 68, F4, 35, 43, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 5C, AC, 42, 00, E8, DE, 27, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03...
 
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Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)

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