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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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.game-time.co.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9fde38e9159ea65f47e938e8efa01d56

SHA-1:
cd31ada7df90ec0088ecadacaa234580699bc269

SHA-256:
67eb674fb99fa8c627e5c8f0f73f3aa7834336da7a682cfae5eb885057f4ec50

Scanner detections:
29 / 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 7:02:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/PECompact
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.204.154

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CX [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3221

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
1.0.20.110

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20809

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.107
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
1/22/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-e8f52f8c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14726

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigiPlug
v2015.01.22.08

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.50281
16.0.0.66

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dmnhva
0.30.0.64812

Norman
Inject.!gen
11.20150122

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.22.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM17.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.22.19

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15120

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.86
2.0.0.2043

File size:
597.6 KB (611,936 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 S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
1/13/2015 12:39:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:aDFhwQO+QSWbzHuBnTHhhpwkQifzN1hXtJAgh02xMjDr+n:aDFhwF+QSCzHuBzTlhzjhd6m9xRn

Entry address:
0xD1F6

Entry point:
B8, 04, BF, 4B, 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, BD, E0, 1B, 9D, F3, 0F, E0, 04, B2, 30, 6F, C5, B2, 4E, 4C, DD, DE, AB, D6, 05, 75, 42, 60, 93, 74, E5, 55, A7, 31, D3, 5C, 00, F1, 79, C9, BD, 9B, F6, 2C, BA, 73, E8, 12, 7F, 3E, 56, 3A, 57, A3, F2, 41, 8D, 9A, BC, 5A, E7, 98, 33, DD, 73, 1B, C4, 6F, B6, 82, AB, 92, 10, 9B, 1B, 94, 63, B4, 0C, AF, EB, 94, 42, 06, 8E, F0, D5, 51, 7C, CA, 01, D0, 68, 23, 6D, 3D, F6, E2...
 
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Entropy:
7.9665

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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

http://dl.game-time.co/.../donwload?CID=290626&SID=SE&AFID=296968&rd=1&affiliatereferenceid=587809707426&p_r=Global_Pumayam_STT_Football

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