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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 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2129.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d871f69376419596e450877bc9314eed

SHA-1:
d78695a3da10e30b088c3dab64d21ec59b24a47c

SHA-256:
1f2971ba87cfd2e576677a968d707397263b7a82c52334ad42ac4c46fdb1ce8a

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/25/2024 7:12:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-S [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3405

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10137

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12806

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Digiplug
v2014.07.22.05

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7061

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.22.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.22.16

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.3 MB (1,387,080 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
7/20/2014 3:40:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MD0vT6MRnMFkDGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOeG:hRHYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lOX

Entry address:
0x6756

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, B0, 2E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 74, A5, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 7C, FF, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 6C, A5...
 
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Entropy:
7.5799

Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2129.com/4EX5CeIFE5_OjInFpvtpmD8J2LClAYT0qNJvuo-_dMHmeefECXIMNn1ouGPb3auocawTYfj39mkQyLwPSAVHQI_ELsX3vOPeQKdFM6AEg4axlDzyPq6PRHyFWfn9igfz

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