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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2042.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7730ead7cd2cbcbf8ad3ec6826b7a217

SHA-1:
ded5b64ff9f631c0754a1bf00271b5296d8c2309

SHA-256:
ee8aadc5e5639fea5f2fcbe86352c16daacb36fb868b25b4eea146ef4a94b9bd

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
5/18/2024 10:29:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
870

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.18

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
1.0.20.1305

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-8
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
18982

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
14.09.17

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10157

F-Prot
W32/A-cfd9e54a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
11.2014-18-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.21.20

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.181.12846

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3236

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.18.04

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150939
15.0.0.783

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcoqvj
0.28.2.60990

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1387192
14.09.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.18.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.9.17.15

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.3 MB (1,387,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

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 12:40:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DD0vT6MRnMFkDGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOe0:yRHYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lOx

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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Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

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