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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 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2088.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e9523403144cb815563378d5a59f870b

SHA-1:
c1cdcb336fd040f846b0eade233bc5b325522feb

SHA-256:
00689199f29873d5c5d975f5809d5a1776794f53b3b0c5d42a6f0f5f77690dc6

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
5/6/2024 8:28:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
889

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.Agent
2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-U [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4015

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
1.0.20.1210

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5878
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.102357
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-580ec3cc
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
11.2014-30-08_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Dropper
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7023

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
15.0.0.726

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddkefn
0.28.2.61861

Norman
Malware
11.20140830

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.30.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.8.29.19

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121291
2.0.0.1906

File size:
1.3 MB (1,338,096 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:
8/3/2014 2:50:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:o+DmvwPv0Mm4qu/5858PizfhUEza8Fgys7rW31JTPeTv0MSXwczvoEC0fCAB:3mvwPv0n4quRnwW8yNKnDXZvQY

Entry address:
0x5CB0

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 20, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 20, 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, 10, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, 37...
 
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Entropy:
7.6648

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2088.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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