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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 16 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:
f2d16bfdca2b1f602fa999ebe37266f5

SHA-1:
b772949bc8306bb761f0cf6652ddbe443d96c8f9

SHA-256:
67b7f739e8ba8dacf275eeea0cb78dfa00babad051152d3e8805c188e1147996

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 1:52:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aOguQgPi
959

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.06.22

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.BYX
7.11.156.18

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3437

Bitdefender
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aOguQgPi
1.0.20.860

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aOguQgPi
8.14.06.21.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aOguQgPi
11.2014-21-06_7

G Data
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aOguQgPi
14.6.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12484

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7093

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aOguQgPi
15.0.0.516

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.06.21.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.6.21.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1.2 MB (1,255,960 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 12:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 11:59:59 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:
6/18/2014 6:09:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XZ2NJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJQX1DITxesO+rSNBw:UX10evatfkCbnZeU

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.

http://www.lpmxp2014.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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