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 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2334.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5e754d6b7c44ebfb5c4b10e88cbc44a7

SHA-1:
2d2b7e35767641afae972d2489bc3baa8b512701

SHA-256:
677694edc9751a3ed6d2c31d96530195eacba6f55279d9e15d16862337e97697

Scanner detections:
28 / 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 6:51:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
874

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Agent.djcr.8
7.11.169.186

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3352

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
1.0.20.1280

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.H
19509

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.29457
9.0.1.0256

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
14.09.13

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.TVJF!tr
9/13/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-2e7f3c3f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
11.2014-13-09_7

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.10.11

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3255

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
v2014.09.13.11

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7008

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
15.0.0.768

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.deipgw
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.13.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.9.13.23

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11838
2.0.0.1921

File size:
1.4 MB (1,510,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 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:
8/27/2014 8:51:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:GKWQBT4nVU85afaniK/792DxAA4PNn0DLg78E2y2R3rh+Zx1kyF9:GNQJJ2B2WZd0DUGf3d+ZLkyn

Entry address:
0x6994

Entry point:
E8, 27, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, 90, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 25, 48, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, AF, 48, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F8, 90, 48, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, AF, 48, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5828

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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