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player.exe

Video Plugin software 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.exe by Video Plugin software 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 ttb.29u3wfmjg.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3e42c5eef0f23d1607ca6e5a94b1235b

SHA-1:
2a30448b8373d879ecc7031c7df6fb3c46ef4c2b

SHA-256:
aa93d20b717e97c2a60f66a3e5261266208373a23572ade7afd8f26ccae679a0

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:
12/23/2024 9:58:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VideoPlu.Bundler (M)
16.4.12.6

File size:
869.6 KB (890,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de 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:
188D6F880CEBB210A9FC776063917998

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2015 7:18:43 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2pibiW7+xKzjwvsqEgNE54F/yW5+80/mQggSoOMQnodL3QhQSEgHQKqWzHECjZGN:2aS+wvREwE875ZQS28hNEbA7e

Entry address:
0x8CB6

Entry point:
E8, 9E, 52, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 6F, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, A0, 21, 42, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 15, 53, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3F, 54, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, FD, 04, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4C, 2B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4B, 3C, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Code size:
102.5 KB (104,960 bytes)

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

http://ttb.29u3wfmjg.com/download/request/.../4vEoIKcf?__tc=1421933669.401&lpsl=473b8932ffb071820220a8f7efc767d4&expire=1422020048&slp=www.thefilersoft.com&pub_id=P11848081&ce_cid=dnN5hSTO-KWHMawbwsE94qOb32s6kRJy3a6LBxlBXCWgdln88X-KnZzmgtith8i8JTsDHhhRov9Ms78bdhT0tdkePeNgX_bZ55GCs7flZyKKLNmog5Lat-eftYaVXnWC3OD-uqCn-h4Xg1uCjKG6ug3EsEvT0O7iQqPDiA0Hyiex9e7qQMqe0l_CrltMrSv3Ff2namrmNrJphdTbGQK7nOtJqIMZcRRmks1kHZ9jGRMMnhIrGg3518HD9tc8m--SHCEYNVshLbWq03I-SPFP1F9Lqoe2Rowb4GgPu1h3EkFD_hfXXRuQpUwH92Rt6OCyoePUTnjfp7UebRaLbqZEt-REMC7d1MoDkkf0FLDxrJIXe1LMWijL-zYC82FLcLIqbB26x4v5aOjMdr8Dl1KkI_QxNV4av8zHeg&fileName=Player

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