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.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6506592a7980cbe06e58b99d66525749

SHA-1:
747665deb0bc70512ca5a23f056b369d4fab2ad9

SHA-256:
7bc435d29b6ef7c1f015fdbd37d3490742569c49f8dd6dde30a432dde88fc243

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:
4/26/2024 3:25:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.17

File size:
1.2 MB (1,257,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2014 7:31:41 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 7:31:41 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 2:01:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

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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Code size:
147.5 KB (151,040 bytes)

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