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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 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eb0a583fa9ed5b4de1c8b62ba7f7356a

SHA-1:
1780680b48f5cf4ec051c2c100d30a3af1164280

SHA-256:
d2350630cf6f48c75ed58d9145fcba2e1cc16df0666bb406a3b9716617a4e0d4

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/19/2024 12:30:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Trojan horse Dropper.Generic9.WTG
2014.0.3986

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.LPF
18936

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10137

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12806

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3502

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7061

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcjqvm
0.28.2.60990

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.22.17

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.4 MB (1,452,624 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:
7/16/2014 12:36:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wB8lNjclcknzIb8+Kj9Wr/ehlmc4eXomQXmt/qR8tlydsMhJoNSh5G+A1s:C8lNjcKkzIfrehfoPmdqRslhMhOsGc

Entry address:
0x886F

Entry point:
E8, 49, 2A, 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, E8, 21, 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, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, DA, 2E, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, C4, 2E, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 8B, 7B, 08...
 
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Code size:
70 KB (71,680 bytes)

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