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player_setup.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_setup.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9e275fd6b4fe9431b3f0331f30273c67

SHA-1:
0776fa32cf850ab62160b59ea98faf3d120b3d0c

SHA-256:
3444d682aba611407d7284805e52dce5970e4b6134fed60958751f5226cad070

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/24/2024 10:39:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
886

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.02

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3364

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
1.0.20.1220

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
19393

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6f8f7593
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
11.2014-01-09_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13230

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.01.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7020

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
15.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcoqvj
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Buzus.BR
14.09.01.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.9.1.18

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121215
2.0.0.1908

File size:
1.3 MB (1,387,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, 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:
6B59702469CAA1B8F0FE3A86D94D6266

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2014 6:40:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sD0vT6MRnMFkDGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOeC:BRHYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lOv

Entry address:
0x6756

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, B0, 2E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 74, A5, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 7C, FF, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 6C, A5...
 
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Entropy:
7.5799

Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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