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 25 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.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
07c24166831ff6fd2b58e0be59d2eb86

SHA-1:
b51db3b7e9aef17ca170c1811883be664dd761c0

SHA-256:
43b3f7dbbaee097c489f388d497eebadc5503891315de04c52b53820c4cd948f

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
4/19/2024 12:12:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
926

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BundleInstaller
2014.07.24

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.163.178

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3404

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
1.0.20.1025

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-748009
0.98/19168

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
11.2014-24-07_5

G Data
Application.Bundler.Agent
14.7.24

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12819

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3515

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.07.24.01

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7060

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
15.0.0.615

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmyct
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.23.23

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

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:
5/22/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 8:59:59 PM

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 1:52:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Rt2/JJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJ8SJmU/2FYYak+F0U:DYFFYYQ0gPY43/fTJ

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)

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