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 21 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:
5d419acdcb1075984d88abd1ec3e3685

SHA-1:
975e7540dede3a77f9f84e708bca23851f2e99fd

SHA-256:
9db7e5e06e816251d0f5b55886717e316fec5f3097157a1473bb92c140209d9c

Scanner detections:
21 / 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 2:08:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
867

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zusy.107390.2
7.11.173.140

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140921

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3345

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1320

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11309
0.98/19413

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.21.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10446

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-21-09_1

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

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.3.15

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.21.07

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7001

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.792

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhrtw
0.28.2.62151

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.21.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.9.21.6

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33120

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/12/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
71187DCE449010F93A5F7196C11AB192

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/19/2014 9:40:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe9cY:8i1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdt9Y

Entry address:
0x6BFA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, A9, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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

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