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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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2324.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b873e7f3fd4e306a792a3ea083f27195

SHA-1:
9ff5ca958aeac24a2e1ae563c0d2c9e899623b73

SHA-256:
e0b9d939ca4c872a9e9a89aa3495e58667e2298b64f550fd7f6264a35dad8263

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/17/2025 9:55:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
889

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.H
7.11.170.24

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AA [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3367

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
1.0.20.1205

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.56
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.08.29.07

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7023

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
15.0.0.723

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dedrfa
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.29.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalPluginSl.G
14.8.29.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11556
2.0.0.1906

File size:
1.5 MB (1,583,320 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 PM

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 10:02:36 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NPEzeDWtazKrcVWv+FjisSOZYjmOdXQ+ARZoQWnQUwMlds0VwI/9M5:lIwwImsMqQA57oQWcGdsyg

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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Entropy:
7.6091

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2324.com/aetaDES6huq_yIP-2h7sXgLgeH-N8v5SYDQS-O8PA7qJijxw7l5RyHKiLTG0fAtJ7vy7HEiYU-QSLhO4J_QgNDGJY7Dc4fSebwmhXdG5smzQyyDi4DPmiPmQ6Yef3tRb?sbb=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

http://ttb.lpmxp2130.com/download/request/.../IxsKo50g?__tc=1408806077.75&lpsl=1817c7e1afe89c1ad6b62b13c599adbf&expire=1408887032&pub_id=176681&ce_cid=20xbxL0BYLGvYtpw39k7nC1xlboP000.&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwnlultimatesoft.com&fileName=Player

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