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videocodecplugin.exe

Game Play Labs

This is the installer application for a 50onRed advertising supported software package (displays ads in the browser and may hijack the home and search pages of the web browser). The application videocodecplugin.exe by Game Play Labs has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Game Play Labs  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f9d4b1ad5c20ffb63b94b7fa0c83e72

SHA-1:
36ad063c9a95b4d76df8efdab254588859531922

SHA-256:
8f7eba0c4458bb9d443faa45313a77a905511a33c109cd31dcf2b53c3d35e1c1

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.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:44:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed (M)
16.12.12.11

File size:
862.1 KB (882,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Game Play Labs

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/4/2011 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Game Play Labs, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Game Play Labs, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

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:
6ACCE23BF8176B4E2BFCFFAB8FB3BB19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2010 2:27:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xA7B1

Entry point:
E8, E3, FE, FF, FF, 33, C0, 50, 50, 50, 50, E8, BE, 2B, 00, 00, C3, 56, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, F1, 8B, CF, 89, 3E, E8, D0, A7, FF, FF, 89, 46, 08, 89, 56, 0C, 8B, 87, 1C, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 46, 10, 5F, 8B, C6, 5E, C2, 04, 00, 8B, C1, 8B, 08, 8B, 50, 10, 3B, 91, 1C, 0C, 00, 00, 75, 0D, 6A, 00, FF, 70, 0C, FF, 70, 08, E8, AF, AC, FF, FF, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 1C, 56, 33, F6, 56, 56, 56, 56, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 15, 40, 22, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 21, 56, 56, 56, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 15, 44, 22, 41, 00, 8D, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
7.7579  (probably packed)

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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