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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 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 clddt.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
57204ae5cff9440f880e2ba4bfe47060

SHA-1:
a00ae940d9df90b039d4c0d0c5c19220fccab776

SHA-256:
3d5d0648f1d497c639d88252f85c9b66aa898d66c5181872431abd6e3011df42

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:
5/13/2024 8:21:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
15.11.10.7

File size:
1.2 MB (1,258,840 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 SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/12/2014 4:31:06 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 4:31:06 AM

Subject:
E=contact@pluginupdatesl.com, CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C2BF8ED71E96CCD55D3A79E92DAEAD78

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/2/2014 9:22:34 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/Cf/Eyk3C44MDTyoIMdVOmfhOS3+C/JVTkIb23Ik3FCZFh7cUTWUJg57w:/CHF94NdVOmpO6+C/7kRODbg50

Entry address:
0x82EC

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 20, 71, 42, 00, A3, 80, B0, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.5917

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

http://clddt.com/?a=15693&c=63242&s1=sb01

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