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player_setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2065.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ddabe2d106a3dc989ad4cd71487ff2b2

SHA-1:
5839078279b98bdf63958cecf5e4618e40f82268

SHA-256:
be962bb3281bec2e1790ad763ff14ee4983637d5d7150616181a41d29ad6f23f

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/3/2024 12:07:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
6282934

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.07

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3237

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.30

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/19887

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.G
20623

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.2
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.OVQC!tr
1/6/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-93d66bbd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1814554

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.01.06.10

McAfee
Program.Socrydo
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
16.0.0.18

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dducnm
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.06.10

Quick Heal
Trojan.CoreBuzus.A5
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
15.1.6.22

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36340

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121513
2.0.0.2027

File size:
1.4 MB (1,417,936 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/20/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/21/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., L=Guia de Isora, 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:
56A14602FE05DCEF0C5161F45F3065B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2014 12:26:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZfqpGDSZ3vl0B3FiCOYIIprp4OfbiWtFbexLRHfZiUkCHl9nWVA/1Fwr1pLqxj6C:yGU0BBPbNjexaUkCH7Ww1odqxj6C

Entry address:
0x66E6

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, C8, 3E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, E4, AD, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, C0, 07, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, DC, AD...
 
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Entropy:
7.3655

Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2065.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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