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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 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:
TODO: <Nombre de la compañía>  (signed by Plugin Update S.L.)

Product:
SetupWizard

Description:
Setup Wizard

Version:
3.4.5.2

MD5:
546d1798e1512051098f81d1f00acf68

SHA-1:
f7b15bf226095e755f09c7b663042531da5bc305

SHA-256:
986826c086942e4e96f08ce4be64c61364e81484b9d6d14ccb30bcad25f2e158

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:
5/10/2024 12:39:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.7.8

File size:
990.5 KB (1,014,264 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.5.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
SetupWizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish

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:
11/27/2014 9:53:42 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:VLMoaD1TpxI7HKczk5998wdvwbVmwybcWKsLUS:m1TpOa599tvuToKwUS

Entry address:
0x118D6

Entry point:
B8, 90, 92, 57, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 67, 64, 61, 73, 64, 66, 74, 72, 68, 34, 00, 35, 15, 53, 25, 40, E9, 92, 3C, E3, E0, 33, 79, 1D, 25, 39, CA, 5E, FB, 4C, FA, 82, 61, CE, 80, E0, 3C, 9C, 42, B8, B1, C7, C6, 18, B0, 62, 59, AB, 53, 83, 4D, 14, E1, D2, 66, A7, CF, E4, EE, 42, 0F, 66, 65, 4F, E9, 91, 35, C4, B7, C4, D1, 5B, 20, B9, 1C, C5, D4, 0B, B3, BA, 9E, C0, FC, E2, F2, 4D, 4C, F0, ED, 3B, A6, 81, CB, 83, 8E, F4, BB, AE, AF, 5C, CF, 11, 3B, 65...
 
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Entropy:
7.9793  (probably packed)

Code size:
155 KB (158,720 bytes)

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

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=GBD5-1049846&pid=4082&q=Taller De Pintura Para Preescolar - Ensayos - Creatividad1234

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