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 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
83ae779bc24c8cfc4ed5a714727887bc

SHA-1:
bd82758baf17874dd21ded9c936b30376214fc15

SHA-256:
80f8e98765a9b97fa9d275a807e929a177229830f88cbf2f215a38f26632ac49

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
4/18/2024 11:22:44 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
944

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.DomaIQ.14.3
7.11.158.148

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
1.0.20.930

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28064
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-05-07_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.07.05.06

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7078

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
15.0.0.558

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.5.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1.2 MB (1,258,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
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:
7/2/2014 12:49:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nDHsykr7MhoKW/kGjjG7btB6lGogmMap/eT:nD9cDN/kqjG7pag

Entry address:
0x825C

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, A3, 80, B0, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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