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player_setup.exe

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_setup.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp4098.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1e388416e9cd6d92ab840c2b8f7e3354

SHA-1:
309ad8ec9d695066bab58caf7eef16e413eceae5

SHA-256:
9d1fc3b7621ab7653a11963e5f50ade40337992dde553d1ae1813a4767bca50c

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:
11/25/2024 2:57:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
16.2.1.6

File size:
1.2 MB (1,262,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=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:
01438AF7C5B708CB0E497C84D028BF72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/2/2014 3:07:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3GD1/ZXsoT57jWpD5PmAavQOiAA+BBSw3j3gEIBCqZShfVDZ/8N:3I1Bsot/WaAbOiYd3gEXBpVdy

Entry address:
0x3549

Entry point:
E8, BD, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, FF, 35, 98, AC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 70, 10, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, B9, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 70, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 87, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, C7, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 6D, 14, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 80, 16, 41, 00, E8, 6A, 30, 00, 00, 68, B4, 75, 41, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 78, 16, 41, 00, E8, 78, 0E...
 
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Entropy:
7.5939

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp4098.com/uB9RpaW5LRw1SBPCv5R2b7ls9BELB51nahGXTn-tHVsHIVr4R8yYrgwZjUy0odNRAEwSHQV3MlOzMVuW6s7uxgC05Uh2Lbv0cS7h1GBsFdZr0E_Acoy1K3s3QRTO1iuz

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