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player setup.exe

Wizard

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 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 clddown.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
6c20b40a9a7fc1e8eb17a1530aebb48c

SHA-1:
6d3f656576d4b4fc8039a51d196b1d75a498e196

SHA-256:
b21f726ba125bca05aa90b8c68e2f727d660fc12a995c6d5d64862b380e31988

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:
5/18/2024 4:55:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.3.0

File size:
874.6 KB (895,544 bytes)

Product version:
1. 9. 8. 7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Wizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Espanhol (Espanha, internacional)

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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 8:59:59 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:
12/11/2014 2:53:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:k62u5vuBxvzdQsewncQxiZNK2X4BuZ4S+pev4D9kLEzr8YUrBYqXcsgpXkRmvbEB:k+5vcrdQtwncQAb4BuZvi9BPCcTEe43

Entry address:
0x1C046

Entry point:
B8, 60, 23, 52, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, FA, E6, 86, 6D, FA, 19, CB, 87, DB, 22, AE, 7C, 34, 71, 1A, DE, AC, C1, 2D, 65, 6A, F9, 95, DA, 7F, 6C, 47, AC, B5, 5D, 26, A9, F1, 0E, 05, D1, 8C, 00, DD, CF, 0F, 4A, 3F, DC, 0A, 67, AA, B0, B2, 4A, F1, 2C, 25, AC, 06, 3C, 4C, 1A, 01, A2, 07, 7C, 1B, 89, AF, 20, 84, 29, BE, 5A, 68, EF, 7B, A7, 86, A9, E0, 6C, 21, FC, 2A, 5D, BF, B6, A7, 48, 53, 6C, 31, 9B, 1B, EF, 01...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

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

http://clddown.com/?a=4672&c=66704&s1=imadk2

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