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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 google chrome.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fd802761f98bb846c442277957713a64

SHA-1:
424fa0fc9993d84c7a3cbff5d86b1de20385361c

SHA-256:
c653c7f9b5007a214a1d53bfb9f4d4a09fd9871767fc122164f4dd6c556ab4b6

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 2:41:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VideoPluginsoftware.Bundler (M)
16.2.7.2

File size:
1.3 MB (1,359,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\google chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/4/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/5/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software SL, STREET=El Pozo 17, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
10384504286EDB5BB905D662E110511A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/9/2015 12:50:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rZNzx7jam3NkiOTrK5PZEvX+cEuJqQVmXIXBwh5uOezdOSqIpquDwfEfFFmIvaxu:rZNzVj9NOTrKZmvX+cLVm8MOdOSPB0on

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 54, 6C, 90, 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, 62, E3, FF, F2, 24, 85, E0, 4B, 9C, 44, DF, 4B, FB, E9, 84, 9E, 7C, 19, 7F, 90, F3, 90, 7D, 59, 3E, 23, 92, 98, EB, B3, 21, 00, 4C, 9E, 61, 63, 69, 77, 94, 29, 14, 10, D6, 9F, 55, 74, 64, 7C, 06, 1E, 12, 17, 2B, E7, 82, 69, B2, 53, 20, DD, F4, C3, EE, 5B, 1C, 85, 14, 0A, 54, B2, FD, 6C, 7B, 0A, 9A, 19, F9, C8, E9, 93, 99, F3, EC, 4D, 00, 64, EC, 09, DB, 6C, 2A, E4, 64...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.7 MB (3,851,776 bytes)

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

http://iip1hc5ll.runnerhear.com/5rFmWMB27RMdtquvObyRmiBSZ7QRySF9YSSJZ4osI3RSI64ItzRJI-HG4nyonJaPeqI2O0nlItgyoRru7pYWC_YGPiiMh23WbX5_-m52tA1boJcPcjR-Ho7FW0bX1VNSA9OpChnG2tHBAdi7CfCXvOH6itJs7NZTB2V2UEz-S9Zc-cV5aoEAI1iHaZ2M_-_v

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