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 32 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.2m6gfg88h.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9ca6165741849d7792c129f462073629

SHA-1:
354425a5c212366719d67eec5dd03f82671ace20

SHA-256:
f5a996a8c6e0acf70818b4d0da345b7123846cccac29abafeda6f6a9eccf143f

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
4/26/2024 7:03:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
6473648

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.958224
7.11.205.178

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-BE [PUP]
150126-0

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3215

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.140

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/19988

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20877

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
1/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-933ec70a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14786

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.01.28.12

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.84

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.divqcs
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.957896
15.01.28.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.28.12

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A5
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse
15.1.28.12

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36666

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.23852
2.0.0.2048

File size:
935.4 KB (957,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
11/14/2014 5:27:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:15Yr15f753d5QWIDz/Wz9NCyzHinLipNDJ5eoFb0OZ/WiGaks+HL63S27x48:1yHv5Z+Wzv7AiBll0OBWi6si9Gp

Entry address:
0x136A6

Entry point:
E8, BD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, C0, 10, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, D8, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C2, 7B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3936

Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

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

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