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.0p78qfr8q7.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
3f443b1de8509ea30fe814d4cbe960f0

SHA-1:
9781df86457f95ebd85f221b7d5626f7e3bdfc15

SHA-256:
f2899ad9571b7d383411d476c5f717e10973747a4e874a9ac8d6ab9528f69715

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 4:29:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.22.15

File size:
874.5 KB (895,504 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:
11/27/2014 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:
12/11/2014 10:53:02 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:d62u5vuBxvzdQsewncQxiZNK2X4BuZ4S+pev4D9kLEzr8YUrBYqXcsgpXkRmvbEy:d+5vcrdQtwncQAb4BuZvi9BPCcTEe4U

Entry address:
0x1C046

Entry point:
B8, 60, 23, 52, 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, FA, E6, 86, 6D, FA, 19, CB, 87, DB, 22, AE, 7C, 34, 71, 1A, DE, AC, C1, 2D, 65, 6A, F9, 95, DA, 7F, 6C, 47, AC, B5, 5D, 26, A9, F1, 0E, 05, D1, 8C, 00, DD, CF, 0F, 4A, 3F, DC, 0A, 67, AA, B0, B2, 4A, F1, 2C, 25, AC, 06, 3C, 4C, 1A, 01, A2, 07, 7C, 1B, 89, AF, 20, 84, 29, BE, 5A, 68, EF, 7B, A7, 86, A9, E0, 6C, 21, FC, 2A, 5D, BF, B6, A7, 48, 53, 6C, 31, 9B, 1B, EF, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9797

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

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

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