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player setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp2131.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c52824de6fac338f2ac5d74d9fad75b7

SHA-1:
e3382048d4df93d9cbd8c378c44eba2beb89172c

SHA-256:
37a707af776723722b1a4e07171a206900fcb5697e1b018715c5d8977c02874c

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

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:
11/24/2024 10:21:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
860

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.29

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Strictor.62516.2
7.11.174.252

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3338

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
1.0.20.1355

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-763955
0.98/19452

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19644

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.56
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
14.09.28

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-0b77e0af
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
11.2014-28-09_1

G Data
Win32.Adware.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of flash_player_14_plugin.exe (Adware)
2014.12.9.20

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13139

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.28.10

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6994

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1384.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
15.0.0.813

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dedrfa
0.28.2.62286

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.28.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.9.28.9

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11556
2.0.0.1936

File size:
1.5 MB (1,583,304 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2014 9:02:36 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NPEzeDWtazKrcVWv+FjisSOZYjmOdXQ+ARZoQWnQUwMlds0VwI/9Ma:lIwwImsMqQA57oQWcGdsyT

Entry address:
0x9A5F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 98, A1, 48, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, B3, 48, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.6091

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

http://ttb.lpmxp2131.com/download/request/.../v5n2NYZC?__tc=1408933020.792&lpsl=acce29aefa9384b5ba94fc0a7156cdd2&expire=1409019420&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.freeunlimitedvideos.com&CID=272543&ClickID=08_117143224_f9f1184e-de85-4f57-bc0d-1b2bd1e81114&AffliateReferenceID=nym1CPHqws7R9LWvQxACGL-EvOeordThcSIMNjcuMTg0LjYxLjQ5KAEwtLjqnwU.&fileName=Player_Setup

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