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mediapluginsetup.exe

Game Play Labs

This is the installer application for a 50onRed advertising supported software package (displays ads in the browser and may hijack the home and search pages of the web browser). The application mediapluginsetup.exe by Game Play Labs has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.gameplaylabs.com.
Publisher:
Game Play Labs  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ccf13086d88099377693a74d69adcc9a

SHA-1:
91598d403c695cd6fdb0cd0a246ba85ea7da45f5

SHA-256:
b323fe797335effa5201fe26fefaff320a1ecca82a3b1ec40c7522b80642330d

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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:26:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed (M)
16.11.29.20

File size:
536.5 KB (549,424 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Game Play Labs

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/4/2010 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/5/2011 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Game Play Labs, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Game Play Labs, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

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:
6ACCE23BF8176B4E2BFCFFAB8FB3BB19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2010 9:27:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:cutrzh9xOXk9UmhFnjr/wbrIhXuH2GNrSqsa1sLta/wx78KU:cutr5OUKmLjkrvNGqsaswCa

Entry address:
0xA7B1

Entry point:
E8, E3, FE, FF, FF, 33, C0, 50, 50, 50, 50, E8, BE, 2B, 00, 00, C3, 56, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, F1, 8B, CF, 89, 3E, E8, D0, A7, FF, FF, 89, 46, 08, 89, 56, 0C, 8B, 87, 1C, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 46, 10, 5F, 8B, C6, 5E, C2, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 8B, 08, 8B, 50, 10, 3B, 91, 1C, 0C, 00, 00, 75, 0D, 6A, 00, FF, 70, 0C, FF, 70, 08, E8, AF, AC, FF, FF, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 1C, 56, 33, F6, 56, 56, 56, 56, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 15, 40, 22, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 21, 56, 56, 56, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 15, 44, 22, 41, 00, 8D, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
7.5147

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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

http://www.gameplaylabs.com/.../?pid=5&v=c291cmNlX2lkPTRjYWE0MjVhOTNkYmRiMWY2ZDEwODIzMjImcGlkPTUmc3ViX2lkPWEtMC0yMzk4LTkzNDYtNzEwMy0wLTE4NS0wJnpkYXRhPTkzNDYlMjZzdWJpZCUzRCZ1emlkPTkzNDY=

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