player.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2323.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
35e759f7b2c3f14b650afbb5ecb21cd2

SHA-1:
62617d2b5d819a75a647e17aacaa19a4983e525f

SHA-256:
8aed0e89a72ef82b4a84948598768af039414f1454888c5d4a415563b8244932

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/23/2024 5:34:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPluginSl.Bundler (M)
16.2.22.18

File size:
1.5 MB (1,583,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\player.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2014 4:02:36 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rPEzeDWtazKrcVWv+FjisSOZYjmOdXQ+ARZoQWnQUwMlds0VwI/9M+:rIwwImsMqQA57oQWcGdsyz

Entry address:
0x9A5F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 98, A1, 48, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, B3, 48, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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