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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp2191.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
98bddc3cc05262fdf104cce5d36572fb

SHA-1:
42ca64441f637bee53d3c8b2aa7073942856051f

SHA-256:
360c22f1428545f49ef49dbf4056e33b9971f76f482fbb389569017b560eb4c9

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:
11/25/2024 11:52:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.27.14

File size:
1.2 MB (1,309,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 8:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/25/2014 12:37:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:CMdktVSlvog5hp3gzBCsX1lq7xHZB0bTcpg9ZgYejEzOWa03NHI68m:CMdkS6IsXkRX0bQEgYe709h

Entry address:
0x6D2E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 6C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 70, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, FC, DF, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, FC, DF, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Code size:
78.5 KB (80,384 bytes)

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

http://ttb.lpmxp2191.com/download/request/.../81payYjJ?__tc=1411693620.206&lpsl=6fe7c9586f000ffd89c880f74b9bb006&expire=1411779993&PublisherId=338&CreativeId=2431828&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.getsoftlist.com&SiteID=&LineItemId=LINE_ITEM_ID_WILL_BE_HERE_ON_SERVING&ymid=00003c68668d1820c4b8a8bb086d836cbd836&SourceId=773&fileName=Player_Setup

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