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 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2014.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
da9fd957ce1eb0873c79904f36b0d165

SHA-1:
8f6f2993a2eec29315610a6382844b5f09b8d819

SHA-256:
bf68302f4d4585c6051611e8d006060a891ac914750bd874698a02e972fca5bb

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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 2:37:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
934

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BundleInstaller
2014.07.17

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.161.52

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3412

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
1.0.20.985

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-748009
0.98/19185

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.27985
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-5543f185
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-16-07_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.Agent
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Gen.Win32.ProcessHijack
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12733

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3553

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.07.16.09

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7068

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
15.0.0.591

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmyct
0.28.2.60881

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.16.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.16.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.195369
2.0.0.1859

File size:
1.3 MB (1,392,648 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 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 2:59:59 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:
6/20/2014 7:52:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Rt2/JJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJ8SJmU/2FYYak+F0T:DYFFYYQ0gPY43/fTG

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6...
 
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Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

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