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player setup.exe

taskhost

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 38 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)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
b5a959dd9ce8e3da387fe9820afec6ac

SHA-1:
b6d34e48d036344fb08a976619d330b69e07cc05

SHA-256:
c1d83d2bbc470e0b840fa2040841e0779be5e4e51582f14564b8d94529d65ab3

Scanner detections:
38 / 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:
11/27/2024 1:29:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
6423362

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aonb
7.11.199.16

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
150129-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3193

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.15220

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
1.0.20.255

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Multiplug-33061
0.98/20082

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20570

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.41
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
2/20/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-b2168508
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
15.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1814525

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.02.20.08

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
16.0.0.153

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dljaki
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
11.20150220

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Agent.720376.B
15.01.15.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.20.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.2.20.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15218

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10042

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.51

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.20

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.29688
2.0.0.2024

File size:
601 KB (615,448 bytes)

Product version:
6. 5. 4. 6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/2/2015 5:53:11 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nnp7MTrnNc4cMCEASQPCnXYjCsCutCfAIh+ww3dW:npITTNcmkS0CnIjoNhatW

Entry address:
0xFEB6

Entry point:
B8, FC, E1, 4B, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 64, 76, 76, 73, 65, 65, 77, 62, 62, 72, 00, 52, 0C, A0, 00, 41, AC, 09, D1, BE, 7B, 47, 42, A2, 51, B6, EF, 45, A8, 40, DB, 66, D4, FA, D6, 42, 01, E3, 27, D7, D0, A5, 71, A3, CB, 33, 45, 0C, 74, FC, CC, 34, 05, 7D, 7E, 88, E8, 71, 5A, 5F, 5D, 97, 0B, 8C, CC, 20, 21, C1, A0, F5, 2A, 9B, D7, 5D, 2D, 12, A6, E8, 50, 06, AC, F2, 5D, A2, 1C, E1, 50, 7B, 8B, E1, 09, A6, ED, 17, 3B, 3C, 6F, E9, D1, C9, ED, C6, 09, F1...
 
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Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

http://ttb.4u7ynbh3y0.com/download/request/.../43xwlt0O?__tc=1420371360.211&lpsl=cd8a040474f0cce3ad59dcf8aa70e8ee&expire=1420457776&PubID=010049014&slp=www.getksoft.com&a=2&ClickID=010049014018042563534&fileName=Player_Setup

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