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 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
075b5eac360d203645d0e2a2b274d9a2

SHA-1:
64a7b8de8434689cbaa81a2ee76b3ae2f97fc513

SHA-256:
35490c024e288338e402f3dcbc89b81c2e3f7fcc6b4846a71e7c2c4eca949d28

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
4/25/2024 12:12:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
890

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.29

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3368

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1205

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.463

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7024

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.723

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddtjxz
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.29.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.8.28.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11127
2.0.0.1905

File size:
1.2 MB (1,218,344 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:
7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/10/2014 4:51:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4XV+BQ9paZwrMlEECCA9Lj6RSV1kmsL4bnaCdaRJ5gHcfSfIC:462kZwrG27Lj/1kH0mBRJ5g8qfv

Entry address:
0x89B0

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, 40, 43...
 
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Entropy:
7.7709  (probably packed)

Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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