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 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2317.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
87be08db4cab9c9587574af9d21fda97

SHA-1:
489c6cfb2b165fac5a13d8749766b3e5d0518335

SHA-256:
f3baf78d830749a396dd2365730ea9970dddbd45d762095b880f25a24ab69bf4

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
12/26/2024 12:00:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
140813-1

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJ+UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3376

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.28135
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13125

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.08.21.11

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7032

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.ddzwdt
0.28.2.61721

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.21.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalPluginSl.G
14.8.21.7

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

File size:
1.1 MB (1,139,944 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 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:
8/19/2014 5:51:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Oio2C4Tz86EE1by3swR9HrwNmojHuD/bsytUltKo+5+VYrle5sr:44TzJJm9R9kFTSbNtkwo+5Vrle5K

Entry address:
0x3F56

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, 14, A6, 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, 90, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 14, A6, 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:
7.7320  (probably packed)

Code size:
62 KB (63,488 bytes)

The file player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

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