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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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e05a15bcaae742fd0bdc0ba9af1149d5

SHA-1:
dd4b8f7417ed80dcb346ced2d0818de98b71b7cb

SHA-256:
2a373df9bcb24f010f67af67553d2479a4e74c0701cef99ba391cbdc7c424c4c

Scanner detections:
22 / 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 8:00:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
896

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.23

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

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

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2014.0.4007

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1170

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.27075
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
8.14.08.22.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
11.2014-22-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.8.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13139

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7030

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.702

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.ddthlw
0.28.2.61721

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.22.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.8.21.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783262
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11234
2.0.0.1899

File size:
1.1 MB (1,103,152 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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 3:59:59 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:
8/12/2014 11:43:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iGI8pQOB1+DVhjrc0nMUclkd/9C6EzI601CAqwzd5QoSR8A:FaOT+DVhnDjrCE608CGt

Entry address:
0x5D80

Entry point:
E8, 5F, 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, B0, 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, F0, 33, CD, E8, 30...
 
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Entropy:
7.7978  (probably packed)

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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