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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2018.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b0720e7a4e7e5334106e114f4766786d

SHA-1:
5ead90e6d8d04f831f6dbbafe410e3fb67bb141c

SHA-256:
8164293cc987ec5811e5a87e3b2b9d829bde6c987170a9f391a2ab48c8899d27

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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 10:14:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALPLUGINSL.Bundler (M)
16.1.3.14

File size:
1.2 MB (1,257,360 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:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2014 3:31:41 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 3:31:41 AM

Subject:
E=contact@digitalpluginsl.com, CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA024D41D6211226D7AD92FC4586AEB8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2014 10:01:02 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xSnzjykMMtvzzdHhm65MCz0cyCWtLuirr9PaJHHq+:xy60zzdGW8CWMWPAq

Entry address:
0x7DFC

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 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, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 20, 61, 42, 00, A3, 80, A0, 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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Entropy:
7.5899

Code size:
147.5 KB (151,040 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2018.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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