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 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2391.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f2e69b7378fa201b1a8b65198788e27

SHA-1:
84f35eb97f0493c05ca13cff03481a02b445636a

SHA-256:
3ca5d89ad7b3b033f376819058abe3c818c576d141d287526eeb84109327b70c

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 12:42:57 AM 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

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
8.14.09.22.09

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)
2014.12.5.2

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13476

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.2846

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.22.09

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
14.09.22.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.9.22.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33120

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,456 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:lOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe9n:8i1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdt8

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 2 URLs.

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