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 28 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 S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
578ab2e1ff9fbf511c66692ee04f3f96

SHA-1:
fa73debcbbbc1cb3c7011c876985345500cfef10

SHA-256:
78c0e582813631fc2667b44896ab689e6b3ca4ee8bb2385c8cf4cee7217d2f38

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
12/25/2024 2:19:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
827

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Trojan/Inject.1526984
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.182.128

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
1.0.20.1520

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-40
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.GEE
19950

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
14.10.28

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10648

F-Prot
W32/A-715bba29
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-31-10_6

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Agent
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.31.03

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6961

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
15.0.0.912

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau
0.28.6.62995

Norman
Malware
11.20141031

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.10.28.10

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12175
2.0.0.1973

File size:
1.5 MB (1,526,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/4/2014 9:32:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:m5IM/V0deM5lZ2ykPYMkrQ1OrWaRyv2PBcSL+L5/+FMoQl/ugQWiBdrfO+a+w:cIBfvMkrNrf0u3qdaNLgQWiO+Q

Entry address:
0x5A07

Entry point:
E8, 41, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

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

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