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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. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.gameplaylabs.com.
Publisher:
Game Play Labs  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac41150f6561914b3964f8aa3a8cf1aa

SHA-1:
91ed0f932e7d56b19da453267ce7067a7e31ff87

SHA-256:
f0c2d3a1f4888f360f1f731d6ca27edd28a92aa15d7ef826465fe260b7980497

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:
4/18/2024 11:37:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.GamePlay.Installer (M)
16.4.22.10

File size:
550.7 KB (563,960 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 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/4/2011 9:59:59 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 3:27:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Zutrzh9xOXk9UIOuCrydOB0yBZ2xG1wmm7eDzMxrdUtL96:Zutr5OUKLryASiP1wmmuoYZ6

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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Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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

http://www.gameplaylabs.com/.../?pid=5&v=c291cmNlX2lkPTRjYWE0MjVhOTNkYmRiMWY2ZDEwODIzODImcGlkPTUmc3ViX2lkPWEtMjUwNjMtMjg1OS03ODE4LTcwMjAtMC0yOS0wJnpkYXRhPTc4MTglMjZzdWJpZCUzRCZ1emlkPTc4MTg=

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