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player.exe

Video Plugin software 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.exe by Video Plugin software 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 3ralha7x5gri.op0tfrkkuv.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8e43c457e6958f7423d1c1e561c4b91d

SHA-1:
883a41ba4a78fbff8c86d022a3cf755927ac6ed9

SHA-256:
97883e79a5843cedcbb10ae18c23355cd8cedccd292bcf54b6d587f18672d7f3

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 5:32:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.VideoPluginsoftware.Bundler (M)
16.3.4.20

File size:
934.1 KB (956,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/3/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software SL, STREET=El Pozo 17, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
10384504286EDB5BB905D662E110511A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2015 9:56:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+CHIrRHW4Wym2dDrHLt75ZeL8VlF/5ktz1botKdgA0ycwri1jW7m5j5OKb4cKvzx:norEmB5h7muzkJ1bjPri1Am9KvV

Entry address:
0xD1F6

Entry point:
E8, 8D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 90, 27, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 6C, 38, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 10, 41, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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

http://3ralha7x5gri.op0tfrkkuv.com/wnLYWB8yubzfEmsdcPHFw8GAqED5hn_bTb4X-CT7jpN1OhD2KJtHIH-zcdkRIyaInIb6yA7RPo-GQQyBQlWuq0r6cqmJeTELyQe3v0xUTBB84dsG543S7CpE0rz4GYpBuMpNZlrUjxkjW4JXE9lopzEoHWNbj8kbZOC7tsAj02cwfzJoj-aew8AzBzD6kk9fotrRHuKP48zpq12rwakOzQ

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