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 dyp7hpbb9e.506ovzb.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8e7d3bf08e7c47f773fd3b2e5250af90

SHA-1:
75fd0bcc250f63395fb222d7f4d5508b3476a75f

SHA-256:
fe7d4d5251636ecf8e976ac6be6071a3b27593043f054f2850437cfe2e11fb78

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:
8/13/2025 11:20:26 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.1004412
6375494

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.02.19

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aonb
7.11.210.224

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DI [PUP]
150129-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3195

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.1004412
1.0.20.245

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.B
21124

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Generic.1004412
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-15861c8a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Generic.1004412
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Generic.1004412
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.196.15005

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.02.18.10

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.1004412
16.0.0.147

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dmgoul
0.30.0.126

Norman
Application.Generic.1004412
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.18.10

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A.mue
2.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse
15.2.18.10

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_DRIVERUPD_EA220002.UVPM
7.2.49

Trend Micro
TROJ_DRIVERUPD_EA220002.UVPM
10.465.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37588

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.15377
2.0.0.2072

File size:
357.5 KB (366,040 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:
9/24/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 5:29:59 AM

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:
10/23/2014 6:21:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Jj7pqcZKxTvR3TaukI9fD2xOdKCAJ/L4xGFdD6NrioBiX+TXBNy4Ijn:Jj7JKVVGukeL2xOdKd3dGAoBW+bBNy4E

Entry address:
0xEE6E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, F6, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8090

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
316 KB (323,584 bytes)

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

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