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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 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ef882a2d11b96346270f8cc64e4c9ed4

SHA-1:
27f39bfcad45d6ac42a9243622ef9e9ce616367d

SHA-256:
b58cfef4f2e1489071a5e9690df2d8e17272fa578f14058408afd958a099d811

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
4/19/2024 4:23:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.164.128

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-B [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3398

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-3
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Adware.DigiPlug.1
9.0.1.0210

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.D potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.4

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12872

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3485

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.09.10.12

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7054

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DigiPlug.dbewep
0.28.2.61148

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.29.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.29.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1.1 MB (1,202,120 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:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 8:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/12/2014 8:06:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Bwa9bJpyO5uWDJUt4HhlG5gYbBIq70/80zr/80z/:Bwa9bRuW1W4BlG5vWqA/L3/Lb

Entry address:
0x463D

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 39, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 80, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 80, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, A0, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 68, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 44, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 68, CA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1...
 
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Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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