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 18 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 S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6936880f1e6cfa8ae9689f36d3615b5c

SHA-1:
c41507a59720f35b4916341976d466b8c471136b

SHA-256:
6d9c8e7cb2b18e17c92cae92645e7d7736edf25e47db1d60a049e4096296ca4d

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
5/24/2024 12:46:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
959

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3437

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.855

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
18611

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-20-06_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12478

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7093

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.513

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.06.20.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DIGITALPLUGINSL.M
14.6.20.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.SoftPulse!6.197F
23.00.65.14618

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
810.9 KB (830,400 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2014 1:31:41 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 1:31:41 PM

Subject:
E=contact@digitalpluginsl.com, CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA024D41D6211226D7AD92FC4586AEB8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2014 6:09:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HHAVdbgYZFkLri0InZF1o2Bd9aFtry9rK1u3sPDaYskpR3rG:HH1AFx0Ild9aFtrmrKgY7rG

Entry address:
0x4E119

Entry point:
E8, EA, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, D2, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, CD, 0C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 23, 14, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, A2, 0A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 83, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Code size:
464.5 KB (475,648 bytes)

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