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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 23 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 SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d1d63d5f4bac44f42d747c28487f050b

SHA-1:
f0555d22322a72d11b408b6686fa01c6c57e62ba

SHA-256:
3c52550c0261d948a420c53ab384823ccca7f641985a6c9bb8aa26bf9ba09c5c

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
5/4/2024 1:46:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
939

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.DomaIQ.14.3
7.11.160.46

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

AVG
Adware DomaIQ_r.M
2014.0.3986

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
1.0.20.960

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.SPL
18841

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28064
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-11-07_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.180.12683

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.07.11.05

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7073

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
15.0.0.576

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.11.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.7.11.4

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31088

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.16859
2.0.0.1855

File size:
1.2 MB (1,258,080 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:
5/26/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 12:59:59 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:
7/2/2014 11:49:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nDHsykr7MhoKW/kGjjG7btB6lGogmMap/eq:nD9cDN/kqjG7paF

Entry address:
0x825C

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, A3, 80, B0, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.5884

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2015.com.prx2.unblocksit.es/.../Player_Setup.exe

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