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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2385.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
67fc496e492bff9b9db53cf8f6366784

SHA-1:
3b4684c9c52ffbe3921305fcff1218fd0481542c

SHA-256:
6a471e90a7355b6da79e7693aa77dfb8deffc24183bf388cae797eda75edfbc7

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
5/17/2024 5:21:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SoftPulse.A
869

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.13

Avira AntiVirus
SPR/Dldr.Agent.cdvd
7.11.171.142

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-RJ [PUP]
2014.9-140918

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3347

Bitdefender
Adware.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.1310

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19471

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.0261

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SoftPulse
8.14.09.19.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10395

F-Prot
W32/A-ee49b44a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SoftPulse.A
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.26.10

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigitalPlugin
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13333

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2889

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.19.07

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7003

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SoftPulse.A
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.deuoac
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Adware.SoftPulse.A
14.09.18.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.19.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.9.18.20

Sophos
Adware.SoftPulse
55

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12485
2.0.0.1927

File size:
1.3 MB (1,339,592 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:
7/13/2014 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:
9/9/2014 8:37:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NKyKz4D4ufmwhzA2QoPKCys7JdpmnMlxy9KR8uQcuC:NKVzMNuwIKyoBmnMSURNQi

Entry address:
0x998F

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, D1, 45, 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, E2, 45, 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 2 URLs.

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