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player_setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a5ee8836edae0ebf2cc0d43831baaac0

SHA-1:
bef46d8f604071a400cb135bc749a60af1ef31bb

SHA-256:
d31ebd1dec6b78698cb856fcc539b0f8739edfc3667f3500494bccbb187dc24f

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:50:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
870

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.25

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
2014.9-140917

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1305

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.JavaInstaller
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
8.14.09.17.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-ad19b85e
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
11.2014-18-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of minecraft.exe (Adware)
2014.11.22.4

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13139

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3236

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.783

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddtjxz
0.28.2.61721

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Inject.1218352
14.09.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.18.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.9.17.18

Sophos
Smart Secure Software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11127
2.0.0.1900

File size:
1.2 MB (1,218,352 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., L=Guia de Isora, 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/10/2014 4:51:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:oXV+BQ9paZwrMlEECCA9Lj6RSV1kmsL4bnaCdaRJ5gHcfSfIf:o62kZwrG27Lj/1kH0mBRJ5g8qfS

Entry address:
0x89B0

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, 40, 43...
 
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Entropy:
7.7709  (probably packed)

Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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