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player setup.exe

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 player setup.exe by Video Plugin software SL has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
598d22022587a9bcff30d54e7e05e43a

SHA-1:
028b277463482d4976b76e7e5accfee6ad5d801b

SHA-256:
9838192d19c84a33e71cfd0c63f55c644a696d8b975b21e77b9c41c26882629e

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
5/8/2024 2:17:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
6473648

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.29

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3215

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
1.0.20.140

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20877

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.118
9.0.1.030

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14786

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2563

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse.gen
v2015.01.30.10

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6871

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
16.0.0.84

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dnbzww
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.168670
11.20150130

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.28.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.VideoPluginsoftware
15.1.28.12

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36694

File size:
1.2 MB (1,296,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/4/2014 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/5/2015 3:29:59 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:
1/28/2015 12:28:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nAbMSe0NArZRTldLRxpyg9fKPlU0Lw62uT+x1fWp2vd:nONerTtvLMw62THd

Entry address:
0x15706

Entry point:
E8, AE, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F9, 1D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 60, F5, 47, 00, E8, 26, 6D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, CC, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, CF, 29, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64...
 
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Entropy:
7.7328  (probably packed)

Code size:
162 KB (165,888 bytes)

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