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PlayThru Player

The application playthruplayer.exe by PlayThru Player has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Playthru Player’. This file is typically installed with the program Playthru Player.
Publisher:
PlayThru Player  (signed and verified)

Product:
Playthru Player

Version:
1.5.0.12

MD5:
e911df0b1588de56834ffa5bb715ad0a

SHA-1:
fe4b931a97e58e1bcd3b8cbe1a984f24adb27904

SHA-256:
928dcd9b0da0436781597ac452afad2b1c8b0d1db8a9adc9403d7600da1b4f89

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 3:43:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PlayThruPlayer (M)
15.12.15.0

File size:
402.4 KB (412,080 bytes)

Product version:
1.5.0.12

Copyright:
Playthru Player

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\playthruplayer\playthruplayer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PlayThru Player

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/20/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/20/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PlayThru Player, O=PlayThru Player, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
6630841305A87210A3280BAB5B361393

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2015 10:43:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ce2WDuP2h/h1DHW4MTkogkAOOAO+5wR1h8LHKq1H:Z2WDm2Nh1DH1MTkogkQilR1H

Entry address:
0x26C82

Entry point:
E8, 2C, A3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 68, 34, 6E, 44, 00, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 84, 01, 44, 00, 85, C0, 74, 17, 68, 4C, 6E, 44, 00, FF, 75, FC, FF, 15, E0, 01, 44, 00, 85, C0, 74, 05, FF, 75, 08, FF, D0, C9, C3, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, E8, C3, FF, FF, FF, 59, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 88, 01, 44, 00, CC, 55, 8B, EC, E8, 2B, 55, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 80, 55, 00, 00, 59, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, CC, 6A, 01, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 40, 01, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, C3, 6A, 01, 6A...
 
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Entropy:
6.3938

Code size:
249.5 KB (255,488 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Playthru Player

Command:
"C:\Program Files\playthruplayer\playthruplayer.exe" \autostart=1


The file playthruplayer.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Playthru Player  by Playthru Player
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-48-60.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.48.60:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-26-188.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.26.188:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-243-179.mel50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.243.179:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-7-57-176.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.7.57.176:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-84-207-97.syd1.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.207.97:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-172-6-210.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.172.6.210:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-243-59.mel50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.243.59:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-243-53.mel50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.243.53:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to CPE-144-131-81-114.nsw.bigpond.net.au  (144.131.81.114:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-7-92.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.7.92:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-243-151.mel50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.243.151:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-9-20.lhr3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.9.20:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-74-241.lhr3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.74.241:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-74-184.lhr3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.74.184:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-52-85-74-141.lhr3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.74.141:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-148-44-136.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.148.44.136:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-3-199-147.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.3.199.147:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-2-242-135.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.2.242.135:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-107-21-94-87.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.21.94.87:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a92-123-180-115.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (92.123.180.115:443)

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