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player setup.exe

SetupWizard

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 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.

File name:

player setup.exe

Publisher:

Plugin Update S.L. (signed and verified)

Product:

SetupWizard

Description:

Setup Wizard

Version:

3.4.5.2

MD5:

18a1047786143984e9cd2607f1e7640d

SHA-1:

d4c0611e768892c2c82843d141f55998fa454571

SHA-256:

2ef0f73bdd36d9e872cf07d85c12fb0f069c0cdf0e7c6caeab20d8b60a592a8f

Scanner detections:

23 / 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:

5/7/2024 9:17:12 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.F

6086863

AhnLab V3 Security

Win-PUP/SoftPulse

2014.11.29

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Softpulse.1014112

7.11.189.132

avast!

Win32:SoftPulse-BE [PUP]

141130-1

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3270

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.F

1.0.20.1690

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D

20225

Dr.Web

Adware.SoftPules.3

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse

9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32

Win32/SoftPulse.R potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-0fbd9828

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse

11.2014-04-12_5

G Data

Win32.Application.SoftPulse

14.12.24

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse

15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.SmartSec

v2014.12.04.06

McAfee

SoftPulse

5600.6926

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.F

15.0.0.1014

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.djmoky

0.28.6.63726

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.12.04.06

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M

14.12.4.18

Sophos

SoftPulse

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Signed-Adware.Softpulse

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4783235

35224

File size:

960.5 KB (983,544 bytes)

Product version:

3.4.5.2

Original file name:

SetupWizard.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:

Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

10/8/2015 5:59:59 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:

11/28/2014 5:52:44 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:lob9GXioEE6FY5fQ5emJYeXOxXzF6oHU9gfL:lohGXiBE6FY1ps656tgT

Entry address:

0x118E6

Entry point:

B8, 30, F2, 56, 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, 2A, FB, B6, 3A, 1C, 64, E5, 8A, D4, C7, FD, 61, 8E, E7, E8, E9, B4, 0A, 4C, 91, E3, 22, 20, 39, CE, 45, CE, CE, D5, D6, F9, 25, BA, 89, 97, 3F, 4A, 32, 73, 92, 1D, B4, B7, 8A, F2, 3B, 40, A1, 0F, E4, 3F, D9, FE, 2B, 6B, B2, B7, A5, 26, 45, CE, 8D, E0, 84, 93, B3, 69, C6, 53, 90, 23, 6D, D5, 49, CE, 85, 4B, 61, DE, F6, 6E, 89, 8A, CA, BC, 33, 93, 9E, E5, F0, CE, 8F, 6E... 
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Entropy:

7.9777

Packer / compiler:

PECompact v2

Code size:

155 KB (158,720 bytes)

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