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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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1e35469ba331d7383ab68238de07432b

SHA-1:
16129c1e96264868fffb7f1b24099aa093861085

SHA-256:
9e1feb8b13d9df1b1939f78b9137600b45a7638715b86d2af7c83154488dcf50

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
5/5/2024 11:05:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AA
809

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.11.18

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3287

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AA
1.0.20.1605

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-8
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
20114

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.OVQC!tr
11/17/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-93d66bbd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AA
11.2014-17-11_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.AA
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14042

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.17.06

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6943

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AA
15.0.0.963

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softpulse.dcouet
0.28.6.63474

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.17.06

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.11.17.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.17179
2.0.0.1984

File size:
1.3 MB (1,385,136 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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 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:
7/17/2014 3:22:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:B3YD8/uAvukLLfGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOee:ThzPYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lOD

Entry address:
0x6736

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, 44, 9D, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 4C, F7, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 3C, 9D...
 
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Entropy:
7.5805

Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2037.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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