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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.0x1m8x59b.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bf44e31dd9eb02f883d0ebe9df8b74ba

SHA-1:
68457665173c25154f71a341faa153fdfe587ef0

SHA-256:
2e3f8f0f1b411b533ca4441cd8cc002919036596e84da0642a4b53df597eaed6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/2/2024 5:51:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VideoPlu.Bundler (M)
16.6.16.6

File size:
829.1 KB (849,048 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software SL, 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:
188D6F880CEBB210A9FC776063917998

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2015 11:28:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rDFhwFzsQNLAr5bj/b4FKHrJ841gAQguqMwPp:/FhwFzPBYb02y4SA5MA

Entry address:
0xD1F6

Entry point:
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Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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

http://ttb.0x1m8x59b.com/download/request/.../1HiqupFb?__tc=1421629173.82&lpsl=758fb251a7c7c9fbdad190bebcad08d3&expire=1421715516&vurl=4802&dp=-_-Nzc2M18xNzNfNDcwN180NzQ4X0JSXzIwMS4zNy42Ny4yMDhfNThjXzQyNDBfQURT-_-ADSYS-4bd77927-9f76-11e4-b9ef-d8cc01902f56&slp=www.tynwfile.com&fileName=Player_Setup

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