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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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2013.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
158dd506568c45dc8fd2f69354d4fd76

SHA-1:
a9a0255839e7033823cb027280270bacea72dc38

SHA-256:
a4a8a91b5b0359f00fc9120434b1351e5bac9661fa7fe9ec32e42ca08a9f124a

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/15/2024 6:21:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.154268
6427680

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oant
7.11.208.204

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DD [Adw]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3204

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
1.0.20.200

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-36456
0.98/20045

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21013

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.9817
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
2/9/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-e8f52f8c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
11.2015-09-02_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14900

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.02.09.12

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.521151
16.0.0.120

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dmkovg
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.154268
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.09.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VideoPluginsoftware
15.2.8.23

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37240

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.37789
2.0.0.2058

File size:
934.1 KB (956,528 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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 8:59:59 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:
1/18/2015 9:52:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0cHbZJIX50gqW0rykU9ue8pD1u+t9kKz0psXM3OJ5b9Ocr/cQaBY0Lz46Nu4tWn0:D79Rr0ue8phB0pyp5bgOEUms6lWnl8P

Entry address:
0xD1C6

Entry point:
E8, 8D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 90, 27, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 6C, 38, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 10, 41, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2013.com/.../Player.exe

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