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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 24 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2014.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0ccab87b1e997eeaeff0eb4b47d23023

SHA-1:
37b2c41b7d3b595db2a3a39b007236977aa18995

SHA-256:
b88121b950b25d6d7ef51602f0a617ed622ab21bc14baa939e8e40a7606970db

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/24/2024 6:55:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
918

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BundleInstaller
2014.08.01

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.164.206

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3396

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
1.0.20.1060

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.27985
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-b3d654c0
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-31-07_5

G Data
Application.Bundler.Agent
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Gen.Win32.ProcessHijack
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.182.12911

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3477

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.07.31.03

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7052

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
15.0.0.636

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmyct
0.28.2.61148

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.31.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.31.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,268,752 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/2014 1:33:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Kt2EJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJ1qFFOR7HSBPxj0wV:YoB+ZZK3629

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6...
 
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Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2014.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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