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player setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp2168.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e7fab64a9c9f4c756a8b9be84a2b1bca

SHA-1:
096390a8030257f4a4f77b17da173f5945916349

SHA-256:
d67be8829ef081961ac866da2a3ebdd1c696c6d26989dc07cf117fe1df0a1834

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.

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:
4/29/2024 5:41:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.21.3

File size:
1.3 MB (1,344,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/11/2014 12:00:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tpyhP5RFFrSEyFPu8JR9ksaQFCLwbLflBP0:KyFPu8D9k5QELuLs

Entry address:
0x997F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, 11, 46, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, 22, 46, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

http://ttb.lpmxp2168.com/download/request/.../43xwlt0O?__tc=1410634078.999&lpsl=e677192fee4c543ed55937d246872c4b&expire=1410720468&PubID=008394315&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwnlsoft.com&a=2&ClickID=008394315011959322715&fileName=Player_Setup

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