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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from 8ih6dl.2k18x8b34s.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
135b134165cf3e22868480ca149c03bf

SHA-1:
9bb8903e31a1418a9e8dd08d60210249e8ccfbcb

SHA-256:
1495937b43b0de2d9fc92eed4a8f46fe5f34b34a71c652c1afa4d8a8108cb80e

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 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:
12/23/2024 10:40:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.30.23

File size:
661.6 KB (677,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/12/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/13/2016 5:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5556EAA46BD339A3EB8552795EF00BBD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2015 7:18:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ct/OzBP0yd8fo/BC5gMdPzNRNN+nHPPgJHHgxKtarc8UbaFmnBe:CteBP0045Zdrb2HgJg5c7bU

Entry address:
0x1DE290

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, EB, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8410

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
624 KB (638,976 bytes)

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

http://8ih6dl.2k18x8b34s.com/tu_9RT203iXndCBYVdvGhiX5RbJxTgAwR22mdLdUhKpzZ-uDPiBjXBQOBmj8HvCzMgGKdjGA-4pSMM14nNh71Sjo84FQwVq8TVLaLzj8ofPSOD2O6I-B7f3c98ZHrqsgqYWxqJ6pHuPn9DcpfkS3yLEojJcK80aSZCyGr_Zl9yW5CBhh6UzQIDlN2PyKdukcDhtDkjL0-bj1LOQaJz1-76U4tWR8V3hDGPkFVKHZc0I

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