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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2030.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a6828268a8bcafc9c6587692c6a470b6

SHA-1:
76896166d66616c9917b964857dcfc3438b3bf5c

SHA-256:
745a025384c0d3910e6621b1dbe4053afa554da5723736c021a8270d00d81992

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:24:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
5826990

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.23

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1630

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.JavaInstaller
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.RHWY
20164

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.H!tr
11/22/2014

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.2014-22-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14098

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2906

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6938

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dcyukd
0.28.6.63474

Norman
Malware
11.20141122

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.07

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.11.22.19

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35010

File size:
1.3 MB (1,395,904 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 SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
7/16/2014 11:24:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:M/BvNQevO/ehlmc4eXomQXmt/qR8tlydsMhJoNSh5G+Axy:GEehfoPmdqRslhMhOsGu

Entry address:
0x99C6

Entry point:
E8, A5, 2C, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 28, 5C, 42, 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, D0, 40, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, 7B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PEQuake V0.06

Code size:
136.5 KB (139,776 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2030.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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