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 26 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 S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
18d5140297dac3bd5e720b9448b04922

SHA-1:
41c08b54726db47513f173192869d2e6c115190b

SHA-256:
effa2ffb8d552e5484e9cb9c9935546957cc210cb1f62c2bc6e6cccd3181d211

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
11/15/2024 2:30:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
877

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.171.148

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-RJ [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2014.0.4015

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
1.0.20.1265

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
14.09.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10396

F-Prot
W32/A-2afff828
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-10-09_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigitalPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13333

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.10.02

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7011

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
15.0.0.759

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Malware
11.20140910

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.10.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.9.10.14

Sophos
Adware.SoftPulse
5.05

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12175
2.0.0.1917

File size:
1.5 MB (1,527,040 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:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/4/2014 9:32:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:25IM/V0deM5lZ2ykPYMkrQ1OrWaRyv2PBcSL+L5/+FMoQl/ugQWiBdrfO+a+K:MIBfvMkrNrf0u3qdaNLgQWiO+q

Entry address:
0x5A07

Entry point:
E8, 41, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

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

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