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

MD5:
51898cf3b0a0a652caf06e907cd84fb1

SHA-1:
db7bb332f3d9b1dcf64a0b8ea0e82845cb2ec2fd

SHA-256:
1e9c0dc0552857b2c4bbba753cc2d19ee33d0268c941d9e12e586318f687da00

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:
4/20/2024 12:24:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.27.6

File size:
921.8 KB (943,896 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, 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:
23D0DE494A0B1445D561131B4AEDA90C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/27/2014 3:53:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:vSgL31KTKC03IPjbku8H4TQwXy7ONYWGgRcEnekCJ73RXtb9j00ukmqVgrTmMVM5:vZ8Kp3Kk4TGONPG8dCJj5DA7kh8

Entry address:
0x136E6

Entry point:
B8, 20, 00, 59, 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, 0A, AA, D6, 0E, 73, 01, 06, CB, 1E, D6, B9, 79, EA, 5C, BB, D6, 26, 54, 8E, 2D, E6, 28, 13, 35, 02, C0, E8, 5C, C7, 06, 34, E8, 70, FD, 1C, 85, 40, 08, 73, 51, E0, 62, C9, E2, 5F, 05, 0E, D6, 03, 98, 68, 81, 78, F0, 76, F5, AE, 2E, 94, 91, E3, 1A, 64, D0, 43, 3B, 00, A0, 3D, 4D, 77, 96, 9C, 18, 38, 29, D1, 45, 78, AF, D4, BA, A2, BD, 39, C4, 61, A4, E2, FC, FD, 60, 52...
 
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Entropy:
7.9765

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

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

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=SUPER-CRSRDR-200193621020000000&pid=11021&q=???????????????????????, ???????????? Youtube, ????????????????????????, ??????

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