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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. 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:
8d07210784c86f4caf76df37ffebf18d

SHA-1:
210ccee2f177504c8fb58e146f9d5ea8ff99640e

SHA-256:
012405819416e57a8064254483f0af412bd8a5649e178ea56fb50473f50762aa

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/18/2024 10:23:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
845

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.13

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Rogue.11440198
7.11.177.204

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-H [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3323

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1425

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-4
0.98/19505

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.SPL
19777

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28234
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
14.10.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-615ee6e3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.2014-12-10_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13642

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ.Gen
v2014.10.12.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6979

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.855

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dcauko
0.28.2.62483

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.B4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.10.12.14

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.198137
2.0.0.1952

File size:
1.2 MB (1,258,352 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:
5/25/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
6/27/2014 1:01:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BSnzjykMMtvzzdHhm65MCz0cyCWtLuirr9PaJHHq+c:By60zzdGW8CWMWPAqF

Entry address:
0x7DFC

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 20, 61, 42, 00, A3, 80, A0, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.5901

Code size:
147.5 KB (151,040 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2018.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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