player.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.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2391.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e65ce4426ffd305ccf6044a0fcf80047

SHA-1:
33ce5a8d8855e81fe7202f3b179dae25062b4ddf

SHA-256:
90a99c478860ed1b9ed9cb745ea69a7648b4b0ec2eef48009aa6e8c29ada8c65

Scanner detections:
31 / 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 1:40:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
800

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.11.27

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.107390
7.11.189.40

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3278

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1655

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11309
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20208

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

F-Prot
W32/A-3f18f33f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-27-11_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14150

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.27.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6934

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.993

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhrtw
0.28.6.63726

Norman
SoftPulse.H
11.20141127

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1382432
14.11.27.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.27.07

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalPluginSL.G
14.11.27.7

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12999
2.0.0.1994

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player.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:
9/19/2014 3:40:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe92:8i1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdt5

Entry address:
0x6BFA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, A9, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 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, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Entropy:
7.6588

Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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

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