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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 21 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 SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
21e58cf43449bfb8f20ba858859c4017

SHA-1:
204555086601e9bcebf55ead6a29bc8877a11558

SHA-256:
cb0fe232ac0f993b5e8e10bd12ecc08743be9da5129613aeea9f4f5032e59f50

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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 7:19:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.BU
894

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.25

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-Q [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJ+UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3372

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.BU
1.0.20.1180

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-5
0.98/19305

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5724
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.BU
11.2014-24-08_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.BU
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13139

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7028

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.BU
15.0.0.708

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddawpi
0.28.2.61721

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.8.24.7

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.17100
2.0.0.1900

File size:
1 MB (1,086,032 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, 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:
6B59702469CAA1B8F0FE3A86D94D6266

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 12:42:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BAkN7U/SF7uCIf5wzl/Lf3KWuIcD0vOFieuPFz3PoNEq9LpRiKottnD5UtsMpNq5:PQ/+Iw9zEIgFsPFz3bpRttNk4e4

Entry address:
0x53EC

Entry point:
E8, F6, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, 85, 15, 00, 00, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 73, 59, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, DF, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, F6, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 24, 41, 42, 00, A3, 90, 00, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 33, 6B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.6486

Code size:
137 KB (140,288 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2099.com/r826Fh6mHs49MqHIc2SEta6IETDAw_zfGyf-3X8XbgGat3zPNMfNOZXqWXw_h5kQTqU27LXU7l64bw2ufnpVO0U-fji-bq1wMyb0Q5TqZprID-dSU9W5LYbsAWomADbZ

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