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player.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.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 ttb.nwfileds.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b836ec21cfc23c5bf241962c7e9bbd06

SHA-1:
20ebc2490b33ff7f8947bafe9c9b0d45afba7426

SHA-256:
1e2be7d7d8200706e3a218ea89b84faed447d1ad12279f7b2868403d3635f0a7

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 3:15:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUPDATESL.Bundler (M)
16.2.13.4

File size:
712 KB (729,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 4:14:26 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 4:14:26 PM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, O=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
079EA58C1A6ED1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2015 2:32:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:jirtSTO4XG+eRQxtZDIEZ5Yxs9AZ+FOisREBOUw8yJX168lqqjHx0ogNjizPChf5:mx6O47qQZZDAZ+FVBrw8yJF6wTXOaKhB

Entry address:
0x8B4E

Entry point:
E8, 85, 04, 00, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, E1, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 44, E1, 40, 00, 89, 15, 40, E1, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, E1, 40, 00, 89, 35, 38, E1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 34, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 60, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 54, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 30, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 2C, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 28, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 24, E1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 58, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 4C, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 50, E1, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 5C, E1, 40...
 
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Code size:
33 KB (33,792 bytes)

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

http://ttb.nwfileds.com/download/request/.../fS2iJkSE?__tc=1429016247.582&lpsl=55aedef1f353a30398d235379bac321c&expire=1429102640&pub_id=P58891026&ce_cid=GiHA2vhBsYSL6vz1yTQPGRLZrqZ4mjLP3JnfoO-nHSVb-0K1zDXOPE8nVAy6E4AGl1UsMZc3zrShG_cGEFkcnyX8V3vF4hCgHIFOtiffJZ0-LxngmU0HY1huPuzitfFl_lF5eGnW7JrxhGOilCQ_TwK94tOw9FK5Wivg1bDPnyeE8X8uDByn1oyf96tDSUqjy0aY1XWewQ9O2R33UXlK4qfj07gI2svTR0B4_zSK2YD1olC7ib40V9G07wk4Mfbd6OsL8dv3kuN_UWFjnS7qY4d0LVI5VVGvh9IzUaFYsgqOHdSBt1UBsdwH2TAZOTmNYr4BN0T5L8ePBlXC26wcS4CFnSCeFhSrbeRBJ0HxtNVM_KkYiel_SDpMG8Sh2T9k0SkS3w1w0DvNa6rhDYbVdir0LDK0r_gwPjclH_ZiCcdFap5SLcodiQ&fileName=Player

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