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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 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2038.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
42b6b9c4abf5d27f1894d34f3021cfa7

SHA-1:
cbe2ff7c013d95c4fa9f874605da8167ec903041

SHA-256:
b6e17db68359841bbe82d372a1d1b73b0859f72f6e6a04e3a0a292869bba2c2b

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 6:35:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
905

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2015.0.3383

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1130

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.27075
9.0.1.0226

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
8.14.08.14.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
11.2014-14-08_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of driver_updater(1).exe (Adware)
2014.10.28.7

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13043

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7039

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.678

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.14.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.8.14.0

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32186

File size:
1.1 MB (1,103,672 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
5/23/2015 4:59:59 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:
8/13/2014 12:43:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:IGI8pQOB1+DVhjrc0nMUclkd/9C6EzI601CAqwzd5QoSR82:/aOT+DVhnDjrCE608CG3

Entry address:
0x5D80

Entry point:
E8, 5F, 20, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 20, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, B0, 10, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, 30...
 
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Entropy:
7.7980  (probably packed)

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

The file Player Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://kyle.mxp2038.com/A7cQZLm6rHEpWJLrFgszNTSCjJMp6zuun_whRYKP1w6NHPCbwbMDb_z56OT33zqBxtSnVwDkU2nHKpxRhzGfKjmWmlOMRVJ8eUgLd_CKE-Wrh5quZnKOKQJWJsxl_uAE

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