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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.exe by Plugin Update 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magno6.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a6cd292d2fb4a6a8256da0f5c8cd42b9

SHA-1:
85832ecc8ebbb992f37d2fc884b618fa8f19e2ce

SHA-256:
c3e3e72be865de0b4931201355c6e9b6b3a54640d91cbd6b16d66e111b0deaa7

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:
12/25/2024 1:51:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
15.8.29.6

File size:
575.5 KB (589,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/22/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
61AB9AA4D7FF7EA15E42B70E3A571482

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2015 8:22:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7wQvSTuCWAhHqYQPYUNj8GFI49aHzPd8EB4G8JddvBvGRx2T051TFI:v8HHqYQPYW9FyTPdx2Ge/vQRx2TQbI

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D4, 8F, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 50, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 52, 25, 22, 19, 8E, CD, CA, 09, 54, EC, 40, 54, E8, 6C, 9D, 0C, B4, 50, D8, C1, 40, 22, 08, BF, 39, 8A, 3E, 07, 7A, 92, A7, 86, 6C, A4, D9, FA, EF, 99, F5, FC, 0D, A9, 3C, DC, 7D, 5B, 1D, ED, 5E, F6, 50, F2, 48, FE, FE, 16, DA, E2, 02, 04, 11, 00, 52, 42, 0D, DB, C1, 72, EB, 27, 44, 10, 71, EE, DB, B7, 72, CF, 78...
 
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Entropy:
7.9403

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,374,208 bytes)

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

http://admin.magno6.com/KMCGLC_8_tzjPeRiuhbPICyIHbgl8tYILErcbOatLsS1zCKx-0nDeG4ipAzaZn-FKYhPMMeLmaUJrNAmTL136Of0utYZkwMKSPN9sIcCLgzcfnUyy6E3pOLP8MfSf7j21NsPleGuXhYHLsFGEDuZBD7zIwyCnu65y_lBW1YXtVFTiLVeJ55kCJVuOPVf-MuPx6EcgMNgRpgTI8_j3mlbabYQcA-3ep4K_683JQFQf36uKmjLnNIiamHQHM77lcm9LM9cLt38P_omLZsjtz3KApiy3HCTO7o2OaNIvquGs_AbKgDI0nXL6FMjeCNu3He8FwcQIneWkeo2ZIRoQ87NnNKDtDpmdUXdb4u72MUT4rZLMc7vUcFDKGw9LkMdwQmIxTrgcsxqbtFWOm8kK9Uu6T1_0uB_p0fjzYm8kLP5ieg7y6-ng5r4lTmgJLCnNCPr

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