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 26 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:
11d400f9ddd96098939c285f3ca3e917

SHA-1:
430e5f33527489cf2c7f5ae3e7e950e6f8f4cba5

SHA-256:
0f4d9100d5e6f406adddd6b7991fa7ba552b1c7bc0f3e8cb2bd92526e9de39f3

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/18/2024 11:37:50 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
920

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.DomaIQ.14.3
7.11.158.98

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3398

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
1.0.20.1050

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Domaiq-45
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.SPL
19014

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28064
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-e4a0d23e
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-29-07_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.10.1

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.181.12872

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.07.29.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7054

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
15.0.0.630

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dcfphg
0.28.2.61148

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.29.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.29.11

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1.2 MB (1,258,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player_setup.exe

Digital Signature
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:
7/2/2014 12:49:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nDHsykr7MhoKW/kGjjG7btB6lGogmMap/e/:nD9cDN/kqjG7pa8

Entry address:
0x825C

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 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, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, A3, 80, B0, 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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Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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