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player setup.exe

Plugin Update S.L.

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 Plugin Update S.L has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.game-time.co.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
838a9d7e204fc9a86acecddbfa928871

SHA-1:
368b1f0620ac83ceeb597e6610816789d5f2fb26

SHA-256:
122b9bd720f05158f20d2b9434d1eb34e0fddcf136b17dfbebda0c0a4128805f

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/24/2024 5:54:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
736

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2015.01.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.203.220

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CU [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3223

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
1.0.20.150

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-128
0.98/19994

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20789

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.114
9.0.1.030

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
8.15.01.30.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Zbot.AAN!tr
1/21/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-557dffdc
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
11.2015-30-01_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14711

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2565

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.01.21.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6870

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173083
16.0.0.90

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dmwput
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.21.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.21.6

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36666

File size:
877.2 KB (898,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update S.L., O=Plugin Update S.L., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de 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:
0E923B9CF60DA59FC3A43A87A8071FC2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/20/2015 12:20:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Py9VfTOAoq3kSJv/xOjM+ttUu4iBGmAcnIB9Th2Kfr1d4wvZGQ8rZIrlDTmEkoRj:KvTOAZkSJQjXtNw59l2KHhx0rZJ4dS8

Entry address:
0x9E56

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 52, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 6F, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, A0, 41, 42, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 14, 53, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 54, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, FD, 04, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4C, 2B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4B, 3C, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.8655  (probably packed)

Code size:
107 KB (109,568 bytes)

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

http://dl.game-time.co/.../donwload?CID=272520&SID=US&AFID=316495&rd=1&AffiliateReferenceID=10161_562479226&p_r=Global_Kabado_STT_Sport_Stream

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