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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.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This setup program installs potentially unwanted software on the user's PC at the same time as the expected/marketing software, without adequate consent. The program is typically installed via a form of malvertising
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4a07519722dee91847a3c9312bfc39b3

SHA-1:
2d87efcf558d65f36d2b06248cea22846528bab3

SHA-256:
1d15ec1fb735dad90f6e5b94492368d3a4d6e50072f9d0fe7ca73bdda66f2075

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
5/19/2024 3:02:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11829056
790

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.177.50

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140925

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3340

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11829056
1.0.20.1705

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-47
0.98/19483

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34505
9.0.1.0341

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11829056
8.14.12.07.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUZF!tr
12/7/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-4c3a7d54
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11829056
11.2014-07-12_1

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11829056
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of java_installer.exe (Adware)
2014.12.7.16

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13611

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3196

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.25.06

McAfee
Softpulse.a
5600.6996

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11829056
15.0.0.1023

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfowyp
0.28.2.62483

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1391600.B
14.10.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.25.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalPluginSL.G
14.9.25.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13431
2.0.0.1945

File size:
1.3 MB (1,391,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 6:59:59 PM

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 6:39:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:eXO93poEu4pCkao1bNQfSyNGXTYGwwKCWiBe+I351KDsTXY8vZ6QeN:eMZoANNbyNGjW8u5MsTXY8vf0

Entry address:
0x74B6

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 66, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 20, AD, 46, 00, FF, 15, D0, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 24, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, CE, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, E5, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 25, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 58, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 94, 12, 46, 00, E8, 9F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 48, 74, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 8C, 12...
 
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Entropy:
7.5593

Code size:
79.5 KB (81,408 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2393.com/UgRo-bilOSkUBp5YAyEQdQmr_r2wFRbrE7H_ZhrFvRflOFbZTkSewgNJsnZghyc77tpnA7vowkxLlqeUop2I6WEn1GBUvzf1AFc8hmpB6brFhW0QktaRveFm8WpEajBK?sbb=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

http://ttb.lpmxp2189.com/download/request/.../IxsKo50g?__tc=1411606957.808&lpsl=91fb1312481d5cf45cc71b931aea295a&expire=1411693358&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwnlultimatesoft.com&pub_id=176681&ce_cid=20xbxL21laLb28Ry1Xx9eU1xwXs9000.&fileName=Player

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