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 28 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:
97009ea8075a377c3e4dd3207b11ca57

SHA-1:
5c188614abc989e842d9a5cea8377ec135a7c908

SHA-256:
a3cec67219e0739e00c2af1b0813f542d3f72e9dfb603c638a9e7c900181fed1

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/25/2024 5:49:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AA
870

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.23

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-S [PUP]
2014.9-140917

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AA
1.0.20.1305

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-8
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
19546

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.AA
14.09.17

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10140

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

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AA
11.2014-18-09_5

G Data
Application.Bundler.AA
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.22.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13407

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.18.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AA
15.0.0.783

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softpulse.dcouet
0.28.2.62151

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.18.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.9.17.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.17179
2.0.0.1926

File size:
1.3 MB (1,385,160 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:
5/25/2014 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:
7/17/2014 9:22:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:B3YD8/uAvukLLfGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOej:ThzPYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lO2

Entry address:
0x6736

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, B0, 2E, 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, 44, 9D, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 4C, F7, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 3C, 9D...
 
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Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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