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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.jmagno.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eefa1e666ce240ab3f48823bb78ed2c0

SHA-1:
3a2f662fde9ccf05943c889e32157cb2ffb4a30e

SHA-256:
040c0f914a19f15e7213f01c0e9061c26f9c84035fc7a0acaa5ca436b9197bee

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/12/2024 7:43:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.14.5

File size:
578.4 KB (592,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/27/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
63B78976E4F16AA4AC250388162DD349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/10/2015 7:33:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:kPkZnNZwi3ZlYq/jVIO00rY/qMdb4GtcZy7HyLXz3v/Os3eSPclCR0G:mKN+qlYKjVz00rYiMd8z3vmsuSPc0R0G

Entry address:
0x1BF40B

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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

http://admin.jmagno.com/a3uBxYNodFU9SO8bDb3gpLpZdF1kGEfQvXtlktOPw3XDoDExTTUf_o5BGVlXgAxvOXZS87XU3SQyytg8oQhubA3YfVh7PWqid0ussCdac42dzMjV9xpvNcVQl9AAX9MtBN-AS47AtUsLG0ORwZ1D1iF3FPRwfZnJqgwG1VjfghZdvs2GHZCoLMcEw1wljAF7JWfVzroPTunDRyr6m9rfB2s67f4NSvuxixu3PTsgJHmJPCs2GJvpzRxQj8v7X1Cbt7ap-7l621N_tnbJRvhJfZ5M8utg2eOdftCguOocH-o1Yol-CuTw0qWpwpFdB3QgHNVUx4zKWUfjXEIoWvY2FQnEYJEZV7K35r_Dc8rfuBY4C2zskn2SbAtreK2ZlU8N49Md6YJu8wqoXcR4sSX2IPitHgjFhbIW--652kypxoU

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