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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 23 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 S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e76577186313f55c3c3e520ab5c2dca6

SHA-1:
5d82e970543f27d7ea4df8315ea958c1922f6575

SHA-256:
54ef8dba7a643506242ccedc9bf5aebb354178f83d409741f6722064995c254c

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
5/13/2025 8:57:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AA
878

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.24

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-S [PUP]
2014.9-140730

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3397

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AA
1.0.20.1265

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
18952

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.0253

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10144

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AA
11.2014-10-09_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.AA
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.9

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12819

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.07.30.01

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7053

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AA
15.0.0.759

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softpulse.dcouet
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.30.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.7.30.13

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.3 MB (1,407,168 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:
7/21/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
7/24/2014 4:02:20 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FtV/UHOeA2prp4OfbiWtFbexLRHfZiUkCHl9nWVA/1Fwr1pLqxj6+M8L:KBPbNjexaUkCH7Ww1odqxj60

Entry address:
0x6696

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, C8, 0E, 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, 18, 85, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, E8, DE, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 10, 85...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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