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 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.mxp2391.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
98da62e5b76ab950c34c63180f8aaf92

SHA-1:
f756c57142607f6e09245d83e49c29f49c25f69f

SHA-256:
14bc7449fabb5dfc8ac7efbb82bafb4c66f10c9eab2b826b54fb018a4a9d8320

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:
5/14/2024 3:21:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
834

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.24

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.180.214

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141023-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1480

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11330
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.35292
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.10.23.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10609

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UMZT!tr
10/23/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-bdc625a8
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-23-10_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Backdoor.Win32.Ruskill
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.23.02

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6968

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.888

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfgzcd
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Malware
11.20141023

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.10.23.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34180

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13001
2.0.0.1966

File size:
1 MB (1,056,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 11:14:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4J0FPl0XoDnqgEdhlaCT3xXGHRXjEuuMjM4jm6dVriAUli8WXHXlpQ:4WFPaXGalaCTt8XjwoGji87

Entry address:
0x351D

Entry point:
E8, 0C, 3D, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, A0, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 07, 44, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, B9, 41, 00, FF, 15, 68, 20, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 10, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 20, 41, 00, 50, E8, 15, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 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, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A...
 
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Entropy:
7.7975  (probably packed)

Code size:
64.5 KB (66,048 bytes)

The file player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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