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 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d78199fa94cba2827c30cf3f4ac2829f

SHA-1:
22263bf465aa0ded26dc504785ab66b8ba6d3a1b

SHA-256:
495a9ff999e7a5856c023d0a3a38844f99cb77ee8eae4ae9a0aafbae783b3f00

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage).

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:
4/18/2024 4:54:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
5827185

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.11.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.188.58

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1630

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-9457
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.CrossRider.JSTE
20164

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-0b77e0af
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.2014-22-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14098

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.22.07

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6938

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.deexje
0.28.6.63474

Norman
Malware
11.20141122

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.11.22.19

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.QGOQPZC
37.0.11293

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35010

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11710
2.0.0.1991

File size:
1.1 MB (1,120,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
8/26/2014 9:34:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XjmOztIjpVbUJ44R/DDK2s5mNZRzOUCrA/N3rS:XqAtI704g/D3Tm03G

Entry address:
0x4E06

Entry point:
E8, 29, 26, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 14, 96, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 14, 96, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

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