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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 self-extracting archive and installer 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:
8cdcea6c00019f2e6eb2851c0ffac905

SHA-1:
ec2173b9b0244e848f5c64da0e0159efa1d65b9f

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:
4/25/2024 12:15:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.GamePlay.Installer (M)
16.6.14.13

File size:
537.3 KB (550,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\mediapluginsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Game Play Labs

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/4/2010 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/5/2011 1:59:59 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 8:27:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Autrzh9xOXk9UGCquFJ4smZQjFQvVbEsqx:Autr5OUK7WZkQvtEdx

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:
7.5145

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=c291cmNlX2lkPTRjYWE0MjVhOTNkYmRiMWY2ZDEwODIzMjImcGlkPTUmc3ViX2lkPWEtMC0yMzk4LTkzNDYtNzEwMy0wLTEwMC0wJnpkYXRhPTkzNDYlMjZzdWJpZCUzRCZ1emlkPTkzNDY=

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