player setup.exe

Digital Plugin 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 player setup.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 37 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
6e6c8063cfdc3fe20fbe31b95a53f91f

SHA-1:
06033fef0a1bbf96c98cb11d31b931d94c45feaf

SHA-256:
f681e3a67f53c147f45b9caaa3ca4a78c50be36e25374811cde1a42762433b3b

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:12:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
6217246

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.04.01

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aonb
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AZ [PUP]
2014.9-150401

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRIxflCBB3lUTxVRgQkcU4ET}
2016.0.3153

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.455

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21608

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.P potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
4/1/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-7a715aa1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.6.3

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13965

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.04.01.06

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6809

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.3
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dhzclw
0.28.6.62995

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.3
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.791016
15.04.01.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.06

Quick Heal
PUA.DriveUpd.DC4
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.1.6

Rising Antivirus
PE:Binder.Win32.Variant.a!1075356077
23.00.65.15330

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.91

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.38
2.0.0.1980

File size:
772.5 KB (791,016 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\documents and settings\administrator\belgelerim\downloads\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/31/2014 6:07:50 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:eVCSFSEvZIZvYrsUwkwxizgPsYmBwolM+e5KLehq/JZZtcaC0fBPsSpB5:e7SKoUXwkRMCK5oKqBxcaCGsi5

Entry address:
0x7E36

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 5F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3D, 0D, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 64, 61, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, CD, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 30, 2C, 45, 00, E8, 70, 2F, 00, 00, 68, F0, 93, 45, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 28, 2C, 45, 00, E8, A7, 25, 00, 00, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 66, 8B, 08, 83, C0, 02, 66, 85, C9, 75, F5, 2B, 45, 08, D1, F8, 48, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.5213

Code size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

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

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