home

videoplayersom3.exe

Precision Codec

South Star Financial Co Limited

The application videoplayersom3.exe, “Powered by BetterInstaller” by South Star Financial Co Limited 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 Somoto BetterInstaller installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1n1jkxit75ocw.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
South Star Financial Co Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Precision Codec

Description:
Powered by BetterInstaller

Version:
1.2.0.0

MD5:
64ad9e80a719b59208ceee5d51d5283c

SHA-1:
5f356605be37af96cd1860f06b0e83547b08b76a

SHA-256:
1e8d4670eb0bee5e158e33c8372481cd148a9cb3dd9cfcc570b74eb1c02781e4

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:
12/25/2024 1:39:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SouthStarFinancialCo.Bundler (M)
15.12.28.10

File size:
140.1 KB (143,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Somoto BetterInstaller (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\videoplayersom3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
South Star Financial Co Limited

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/31/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/31/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=South Star Financial Co Limited, O=South Star Financial Co Limited, L=Belize City, S=Belize, C=BZ

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
282440A02852AD67749E9D6A83BC0812

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:UQIURTXJNXRFf6/fpMfz4f0OCs3auwDT/MR03TUGyn7SbGy:UsXRFfiBu/OC/JDARywJ7S1

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.4982

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file videoplayersom3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d1n1jkxit75ocw.cloudfront.net/.../VideoPlayerSom3.exe

Remove videoplayersom3.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.