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new_player.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 new_player.exe by Plugin Update SL has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp4117.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8b6ea535471850c1e3008b0e769ac8ef

SHA-1:
8fcb41a773e601f8102eceeb549c3b67f9e74757

SHA-256:
2146286b7daa44926005b68d44348378489d7aee6582a9697132efed5bb2c575

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/21/2024 5:17:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
869

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.173.134

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140918

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3347

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1310

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11248
0.98/19406

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19567

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.19.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10444

F-Prot
W32/A-1bb2709d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-24-11_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.24.23

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3231

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.19.02

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7003

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.496.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dewgcl
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1344688
14.09.18.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.19.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.9.19.2

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.SoftPulse
10351

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12586
2.0.0.1927

File size:
1.3 MB (1,344,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 5:59:59 PM

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:
9/11/2014 9:00:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NpyhP5RFFrSEyFPu8JR9ksaQFCLwbLflBPz:qyFPu8D9k5QELuLb

Entry address:
0x997F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, 11, 46, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, 22, 46, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.6715

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

The file new_player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp4117.com/tyWJpeRXa8Om8beKSDxBQLNheqdIJ0F2xA2KIaNULc7TczO1AyPpy4XbwaK_gmMUhfpKUzwdN0fc5i87VcMG5MAs-zBsQOnmaQ81_YxuKg4?sbb=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

http://ttb.listdwnl.com/download/request/.../UCU2UMFJ?affid=15810&r=1328051292

http://clfstrk.com/?a=15810&c=66710&s2=wM8H56BQMS80Q8IE082I878E

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