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 18 anti-malware scanners. 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)

MD5:
9dc47b144c29a09a90fae24f3bfe518c

SHA-1:
6e0806d320f7d73f34e1a99fc0077b40f6eb96ae

SHA-256:
1a7fc830aea8e3e2a1203aefa165709496ed0ac1c38e6fb4ee4149ff08e8c600

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
4/19/2024 7:59:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.11.23

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
SoftPulse-BB [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3282

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.Q potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
11/22/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.SoftPulse
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.14098

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.22.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6938

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.djemsc
0.28.6.63474

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
14.11.22.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35010

File size:
1016 KB (1,040,336 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:
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:
11/21/2014 3:17:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:aUTIcxlECxghXU6C18/SzVckJTxtMN6Jr2lBfYhUOcpupWDNp7iV8:aUJx22zxhckJTxSNc1h9WyS7r

Entry address:
0x17AD80

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
976 KB (999,424 bytes)

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

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