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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:
12c6be8b39e44a79bb1ab810e1e62303

SHA-1:
753e2e1cb5991fb5edc55281d613dc806211b271

SHA-256:
10e7b2df4a7b2e810f1daaf99d85556e4cca1e195e2a124b9d5a76f0529b5679

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 10:15:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.20.11

File size:
877.1 KB (898,176 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 5:59:59 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:
1/20/2015 12:20:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Xy9VfTOAoq3kSJv/xOjM+ttUu4iBGmAcnIB9Th2Kfr1d4wvZGQ8rZIrlDTmEkoR0:CvTOAZkSJQjXtNw59l2KHhx0rZJ4dSL

Entry address:
0x9E56

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 52, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 6F, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, A0, 41, 42, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 14, 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, 3E, 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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Entropy:
7.8655  (probably packed)

Code size:
107 KB (109,568 bytes)

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

http://ttb.29u3wfmjg.com/download/request/.../4vEoIKcf?__tc=1421892746.863&lpsl=1481429be57e2226cd78c02042cbee6d&expire=1421968291&slp=www.thefilersoft.com&pub_id=P11883090&ce_cid=AGogn10qlaVyaXJSN87L7-XHpKqfLl-jHc4Jmi99v5rTidtNVE6YVvE8G6bYX4d9Vm4kz0kL6XrsyuG23qRMetXJEW_ZjzR1LlKY6JuVd_chTtnaqJ1jf7XQqtY80v9vIWP0J-MNidA13Ck_xez_jGkOitDYlqHcHo-lJhAkbXJTnmZX8YJvyWuLzKSjj-4syri1dCHdNClkO59jurCSCe5eD4NRMqQsMMPLGJoM05Wq4ZGcJrnInQa0O-diW4T4mQYgm9mY4SKIb7-AS7dqKXvsuDssgEBdb8kCBR3cdM5JxwQONnUMenCUMiHcq74UUU2zRn1Y30Sa2rJ0U86xTikXhov5riMkEthgGqcEIR3U3mGFpKa1bVfSlHL6td2mT8_xaIs1xOna8xzMLf2OAtScPR27IE4zWQ&fileName=Player

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