player.exe

Wizard

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 ttb.0p78qfr8q7.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
08be089fa57b9d07b8c502f158cff4dd

SHA-1:
ce0ee452ff146643b760bdc9346852d35f0631b1

SHA-256:
be503beef38ab54a66106d3632a51f7a8729b50297b690efd267363f8c70f411

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 10:12:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.18.2

File size:
874.5 KB (895,520 bytes)

Product version:
1. 9. 8. 7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Wizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Espanhol (Espanha, internacional)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software 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:
188D6F880CEBB210A9FC776063917998

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/11/2014 1:53:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:962u5vuBxvzdQsewncQxiZNK2X4BuZ4S+pev4D9kLEzr8YUrBYqXcsgpXkRmvbE4:9+5vcrdQtwncQAb4BuZvi9BPCcTEe4O

Entry address:
0x1C046

Entry point:
B8, 60, 23, 52, 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, FA, E6, 86, 6D, FA, 19, CB, 87, DB, 22, AE, 7C, 34, 71, 1A, DE, AC, C1, 2D, 65, 6A, F9, 95, DA, 7F, 6C, 47, AC, B5, 5D, 26, A9, F1, 0E, 05, D1, 8C, 00, DD, CF, 0F, 4A, 3F, DC, 0A, 67, AA, B0, B2, 4A, F1, 2C, 25, AC, 06, 3C, 4C, 1A, 01, A2, 07, 7C, 1B, 89, AF, 20, 84, 29, BE, 5A, 68, EF, 7B, A7, 86, A9, E0, 6C, 21, FC, 2A, 5D, BF, B6, A7, 48, 53, 6C, 31, 9B, 1B, EF, 01...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

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

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