player setup.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 player setup.exe by Plugin Update SL has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
baf8e50d33519461cfb12fe0a45d1af6

SHA-1:
5a289824f0bcd3e3bc92d5afae033ba4eb05e8e4

SHA-256:
0a717c897be462194f03750ea31e628b2ad288fa6d4a2aa87ab9df9d37d398d1

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/25/2024 12:22:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
828

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Trojan/Inject.1526984
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.182.78

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
1.0.20.1515

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-40
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.GEE
19944

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
14.10.28

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10644

F-Prot
W32/A-715bba29
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-30-10_5

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Agent
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.30.11

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6962

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
15.0.0.909

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau
0.28.6.62995

Norman
Malware
11.20141030

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1526960
14.10.30.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
14.10.28.3

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12175
2.0.0.1972

File size:
1.5 MB (1,526,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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, 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:
9/4/2014 9:32:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:25IM/V0deM5lZ2ykPYMkrQ1OrWaRyv2PBcSL+L5/+FMoQl/ugQWiBdrfO+a+C:MIBfvMkrNrf0u3qdaNLgQWiO+i

Entry address:
0x5A07

Entry point:
E8, 41, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

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