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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a58d6044032163a2648e9738bd38669f

SHA-1:
1c477730236c464f826153d175e761e0ba1d5600

SHA-256:
bcebccb370abbae33c662ef7fe35c3e9d23d9ccee109db936b9c380191cc8bb2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/29/2024 5:07:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.11.17

File size:
558.6 KB (572,048 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:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/13/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/14/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5556EAA46BD339A3EB8552795EF00BBD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/24/2015 6:33:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 90, 4D, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 23, B8, 7B, BC, 6B, 53, 09, 31, 7F, B3, 5A, 69, 81, FA, D0, 20, AF, 01, DC, ED, AD, E4, 61, 50, D7, 0E, 08, 33, 9C, 49, 3E, 78, 71, 6D, A4, A3, 67, 11, 84, 8A, 95, A4, BF, 07, D1, 74, 7D, 25, 18, B9, F5, F1, 0F, 03, E4, 8C, 93, FD, B4, 15, 94, 33, 29, 90, DD, 58, E7, CC, B2, 56, 20, 8B, 0A, 96, 14, A4, A6, 5F, 16, 19, 31, 59, 57, BC, 13, 0A, E6, 96, FF, 84, 85, 3A, 3B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,280,000 bytes)

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