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 37 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 SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
2a30b8c4fd3e018d6941f1baf778de31

SHA-1:
845452581c18ebf0e15df19c64508a0e0259a0d6

SHA-256:
33e978150f0e21b1ee3c5d0f78ca95f53063c0818a027a1377bd3ede5f289d81

Scanner detections:
37 / 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:
11/26/2024 1:29:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
674

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2015.04.03

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AI [PUP]
2014.9-150402

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r
2016.0.3152

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.460

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20278

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
21623

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34754
9.0.1.092

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
8.15.04.02.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
4/2/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-3dfc4001
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-02-04_5

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.7.4

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.202.15462

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2253

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.04.02.08

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse.a
5600.6808

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
16.0.0.276

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfslei
0.30.8.659

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
11.20150402

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1386480
15.04.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.02.08

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A4
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.2.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Binder.Win32.Variant.a!1075356077
23.00.65.15331

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.JLTAcY
37.0.11526

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.92

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.02

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38950

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13583
2.0.0.2124

File size:
1.3 MB (1,386,480 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
9/27/2014 10:19:31 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Mq+qn68d/9eY7xekbbG6GgT0EzUm3O2AR1mYpxkhn8OTYgpqomoFufWUxJkS9sQU:Mq7669wmb7T0ELmmYs7th

Entry address:
0x7DE0

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, 9E, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 70, 00, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 8C, 65, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 68, 00, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5697

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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

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