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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp24.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2b30ef530e905a9a5eb58692e1b95b72

SHA-1:
2ed64281faabaf0db766351735ae9f4c5d1bb4aa

SHA-256:
c741f57072067ad10400bc427b63c5a708d1be6a9d055d8752473d9175c56056

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
12/25/2024 4:40:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALPLUGINSL.Bundler (M)
16.3.1.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,266,032 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2014 7:31:41 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 7:31:41 AM

Subject:
E=contact@digitalpluginsl.com, CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA024D41D6211226D7AD92FC4586AEB8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/23/2014 12:42:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3/Cu3UJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJvEuz1n1g1zqnyN:vn12zaUYPquv3igjY

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
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Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

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