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 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2014.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f6913c50a7c3d008460f1e17d7d7cb16

SHA-1:
8f38b4cd97b572e1cdd95536e7ccf55052b9404c

SHA-256:
a203c0f0b8c0c2d873fa2a2a36069e177803001d2852e9dd7f0dc138e78aea53

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 5:14:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.06.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.156.32

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-A [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3435

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12484

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Inject
15.0.0.463

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7091

Norman
Malware
11.20140622

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.06.22.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.6.22.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.75845
2.0.0.1834

File size:
1.2 MB (1,245,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/13/2014 4:15:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:dhRyk5BKO3gux5cGnWYu2qR3Jai7r9rfPn9vYjzNJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnv:dh4qvQImGWYu2w7Nmn7

Entry address:
0x3B5D

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 38, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, A0, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 44, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1...
 
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Entropy:
7.5804

Code size:
100 KB (102,400 bytes)

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

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