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 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from j4hihxkczbnd.h8m8brjvp0.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
71f2fa4d5ceba07e6519ba428861327b

SHA-1:
2d16298e49dbdd4c744ecab37186028742859e1a

SHA-256:
95cf128d49e8354225a3aec3684b50c1168e44b187ad1aadc304d24d7a61c2e2

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
11/25/2024 7:38:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OLP
834

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.24

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.180.234

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AJ [PUP]
141023-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AW
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.OLP
1.0.20.1485

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-16335
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36013
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.OLP
8.14.10.24.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10614

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloaderLMN
10/24/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-7d805229
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OLP
11.2014-24-10_6

G Data
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13789

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.24.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6968

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OLP
15.0.0.891

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwfat
0.28.2.62841

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.10.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.10.24.7

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.LMN
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13908
2.0.0.1966

File size:
1.3 MB (1,393,240 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 1:59:59 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:
10/1/2014 1:36:57 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PrKqlGCPcJKwybUDwEZZODYmR9G+gnbkk6XRJfe3DqYO/KpLwFfngWX4VmJPakK:PrKo4ZwCOnYjVmJPaB

Entry address:
0x7D90

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, AE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 84, 0F, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 9C, 74, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 7C, 0F, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

The file player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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