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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 web browser addon will display additional advertisements in the user's browser including popup, banner, contextual hyperlinks as well as affiliate links.
Publisher:
Game Play Labs  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d25b2402bd73be2a50c38149d62fc867

SHA-1:
da2f2ac04a83a3f5d682f54f164ce527cce49b8a

SHA-256:
326526ced240781aa0f8d0b5cc00ece8a5d880d4e9ed0eb5efdae99ece5104c6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Browser extension that injects additional advertisements (banner and text links) on web pages.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:54:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.GamePlayLabs.Installer (M)
16.2.12.20

File size:
863.4 KB (884,088 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/4/2011 6:59:59 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 1:27:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5utrzh9xOXk9UZhxFqYtVEOyfr7Z0Vgl5QZjCRlMaax+RKEw0oup4j:5utr5OUK5jVEhvZ0hZODMai+RKEZ2j

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:
7.7586  (probably packed)

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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