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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cld3r.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c1dc15233bf4a60037c227c51e861ed5

SHA-1:
5f93465f9353e6beedd400287f086fb7c9b9b767

SHA-256:
d6a1eaffbf9e4377735660fde869a44ad0d0b581e9cba8d8b8c52854f7aba832

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/8/2024 12:42:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
865

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.25

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.107390
7.11.174.68

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140922

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3343

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.14922

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1325

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11309
0.98/19423

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.OLV
19609

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.0265

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.22.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10459

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.4.17

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13476

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.2847

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.22.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6999

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1001.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhrtw
0.28.2.62286

Norman
SoftPulse.H
11.20140922

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.04.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.9.22.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33120

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,440 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
9/19/2014 4:40:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe9m:ci1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdtd

Entry address:
0x6BFA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, A9, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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

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