player.exe

Wizard

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.ss3xfgijf.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
834f7a680466b0f3a5028c42783a18b2

SHA-1:
5ba3cf968cdc7f2d926d40361e8552d2ece7d77c

SHA-256:
09ed858cb382b13adc80db711f8d2ad339cf947288c3f51b76ebb970b5f58d68

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:
11/5/2024 6:30:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VideoPlu.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.18

File size:
1.1 MB (1,118,120 bytes)

Product version:
1. 9. 8. 7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Wizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
12/4/2014 2:33:24 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:opzaucfNArAjuzOc2X/7aMGutOMIymshUVgrWvfxkE65:opzjnMju39Mx8vyfhUVgRB5

Entry address:
0xCA76

Entry point:
B8, 0C, 63, 58, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 6E, 61, 78, 63, 76, 77, 64, 74, 6B, 38, 00, 55, 3D, 9B, 51, AE, ED, 8D, 66, A6, 29, 68, D2, 24, B6, 83, 84, 86, B1, D8, 4C, 4F, 9C, E9, 3F, FF, 55, 2F, DE, 78, E2, 45, 97, 7C, 2A, D8, B2, 55, ED, A9, F9, BB, 63, 2E, FA, 6D, 9E, FF, 4A, 28, E4, 6C, 4C, 62, 56, 72, 25, 6E, 99, 8F, 83, 8A, B5, D5, B8, F2, 04, C8, 15, F9, D9, BF, 59, 1E, A4, A5, DC, 1C, 84, 52, C9, DB, 2C, AE, AB, D3, 43, DE, 4F, 70, 5E, 98, 22, 48...
 
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Code size:
144.5 KB (147,968 bytes)

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

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