player_setup.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_setup.exe by Digital Plugin S.l has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp606.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
580d0e4ea6e4db23cf26679742945544

SHA-1:
0619ea81c32234b06f4bd00880985a4ea42236c3

SHA-256:
8e4da49977e19e743910bbbfb878f8ba9450c53f06a11be8fba3dbd2b84d800b

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/20/2024 2:54:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
868

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.20

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
2014.9-140919

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3346

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.141130

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1310

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.JavaInstaller
0.98/19407

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.0262

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
8.14.09.19.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.30.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13113

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.19.10

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7002

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Click3.ddtqeb
0.28.2.61721

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.19.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.9.19.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783262
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121504
2.0.0.1927

File size:
1.2 MB (1,229,040 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 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:
8/5/2014 9:08:46 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:GQpS/Z95/jnYn3Kz8MiWl5ishi9tpCFt/NVN/4u0XF27t:GQE/v5bKPMFlAsgbKNP4jXe

Entry address:
0x8850

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, 60, 43...
 
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Entropy:
7.7542  (probably packed)

Code size:
72.5 KB (74,240 bytes)

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

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