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 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2393.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1caeee8d37bb69257de6f84dbec9bebe

SHA-1:
b634171af34dd7a2bec89a93243c89e8ee80e395

SHA-256:
4665640d2f079bfc3a30ed32ca54f80d4d50bc5dfe240f8397c05f7eef328f89

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:52:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493927
800

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.27

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen
7.11.189.34

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3278

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493927
1.0.20.1655

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-50
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.35292
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493927
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
11/27/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-1aa9f9e2
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493927
11.2014-27-11_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493927
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14150

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6934

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493927
15.0.0.993

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dftaxw
0.28.6.63726

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1303024
14.11.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.27.03

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.11.27.2

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13439
2.0.0.1994

File size:
1.2 MB (1,303,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2014 9:35:28 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8Ce9Oe9v9mKihqDftePGtlD75o1sfsNP0G3jXpaIr:8HO2v9mKihE6QDdMkOFa0

Entry address:
0x6D7E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 5C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 70, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, EC, C7, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, EC, C7, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Code size:
78.5 KB (80,384 bytes)

The file player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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