shockwave player.exe

Volvan Premium 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 shockwave player.exe by Volvan Premium SL has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Adobe Shockwave Player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Volvan Premium SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
70023e5e4f484087aa1694f5c0fe4733

SHA-1:
9fad812bf4c807e1daf5fda21a2ae21372e2ad49

SHA-256:
5f6bda565edd08789d0f81a635672d27d3d683d728d3c8a4303fa03887987f7e

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/30/2024 4:11:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
SoftPulse-BB [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3280

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20185

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.Q potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
11/24/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.DriverUpd
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14120

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2895

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6936

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.24.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VolvanPremiumSL.Q
14.11.24.21

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35088

File size:
1 MB (1,058,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Volvan Premium SL, O=Volvan Premium SL, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, 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:
248F413947247E20924C496ECEB61F8A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/24/2014 12:11:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lAWYQjeWnvlRc63nOWfMEDA3l7+RDH6NUqByUx6kyJ7Dw8G:lAWYQjbvlRgURSkWNUDwK1y

Entry address:
0x17E210

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, F7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8848

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
996 KB (1,019,904 bytes)

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

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