player.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.exe by Digital Plugin S.l has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This setup program installs potentially unwanted software on the user's PC at the same time as the expected/marketing software, without adequate consent. The program is typically installed via a form of malvertising
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a135531bac44176e0d4c6f0a0c760490

SHA-1:
32e25bbd407f475dbc4206d7d05cc224672ad966

SHA-256:
dcdca308c3841a83620a3d3cae9c3a673073d241437b93cb923cfdd5d9abba18

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
12/26/2024 12:22:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.27

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-HN [PUP]
2014.9-140923

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2015.0.3342

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Domaiq-59
0.98/19414

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.J
19585

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.24441
9.0.1.0266

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-022719ea
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.6.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13166

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3205

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ.Gen
v2014.09.24.02

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6998

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.ddvhzo
0.28.2.61861

Norman
Malware
11.20140924

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1137888.B
14.09.21.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.24.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalPluginSl.G
14.9.23.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11263
2.0.0.1902

File size:
1.1 MB (1,137,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 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:
8/18/2014 12:43:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DSw4F0tAS0K5aEwPmd012bvA6BE4xTzS6B89HxxcDsc9:W9S0CZyM0KNTIdx+Dsc

Entry address:
0x3DF6

Entry point:
E8, 09, 27, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7412  (probably packed)

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

The file player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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