home

player setup.exe

taskhost

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 39 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)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
7. 6. 4. 6

MD5:
3e008ca2e3c3ff2db6957528f8430860

SHA-1:
c689e65e7d5a9892af9c794fb620a5ebafeb2f50

SHA-256:
26895f16e5b43da23ca9f428b368564b1f04e10903879576c455409b9444a1ca

Scanner detections:
39 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/24/2024 10:00:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
597

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aonb
7.11.199.16

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150617

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2016.0.3075

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.15617

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
1.0.20.840

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Multiplug-33061
0.98/20500

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20570

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.0168

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
8.15.06.17.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
6/17/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-b2168508
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2015-17-06_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
15.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1814525

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.1871

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.06.17.08

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6731

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
16.0.0.504

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dljaki
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
11.20150617

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Agent.720376.B
15.01.15.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.06.17.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.DriveUpd.DC4
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler
15.6.17.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15615

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.14

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
9807

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.168

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.29688
2.0.0.2024

File size:
689.5 KB (706,048 bytes)

Product version:
7. 6. 5. 4

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 12:59:59 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:
1/12/2015 10:53:28 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:oMGU99p82TL5WXv0Be53AXTNMwmTfumY+7rP8db1+Q/WCjVF6WjXKSZ:3z99pU0Be5wXTNMwmT0+7wf9WcVdXKU

Entry address:
0xDBE6

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, F5, 26, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 64, 83, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 7F, 36, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 64, AC, 42, 00, E8, DE, 2F, 00, 00, 68, F4, 35, 43, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 5C, AC, 42, 00, E8, DE, 27, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03...
 
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Entropy:
7.6637

Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)

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