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 28 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:
e910dfcc8ea6d2af24b744ea70d473c0

SHA-1:
0aaa1ea245f983cd862b86964b889bf7da055e16

SHA-256:
fa778ef1957a0032ff43a3f30a9e91987f9c26deb68d0730d2bb328af23584c0

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/28/2024 11:04:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.U
798

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.11.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen
7.11.189.104

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3276

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.U
1.0.20.1660

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-44
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20223

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.U
14.11.28

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-4bd38fa9
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-28-11_6

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14174

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
v2014.11.28.02

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6932

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.U
15.0.0.996

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dfjvlg
0.28.6.63726

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.28.02

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.11.28.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35224

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13299
2.0.0.1995

File size:
1.3 MB (1,355,832 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 4:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2014 12:47:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BDASdSysJOcj0VQpWbl7s2LP0CXuiAayiWASALUgv2j6R6XEVeRs9HgVfg7:GSQtk2zQytkgis6yx0

Entry address:
0x6BEA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 30, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, 49, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.6695

Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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

Remove player setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security