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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 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp609.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4dc1a09c7cd89f767af9806c0c9641d4

SHA-1:
3d0c84e8765de6e70856ecca2209726aad8ff9cf

SHA-256:
19a7737facda3e574f57902b9f363f8baa633cac410226d22e4941aadb58da8e

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 4:07:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
2014.9-140808

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3388

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.0220

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10225

G Data
Win32.Adware.Softpulse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of java_installer.exe (Adware)
2014.10.6.2

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.12998

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7044

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.08.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.8.8.11

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,237,800 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 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:
8/7/2014 9:32:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:f2m+ApGZp493gE4BV4GxeMYjMDOW2MZN7UxNiChqjFo0uks/zRYcOWL44:f2m+q4BaGUMYjeBn/CqjFo0YOup

Entry address:
0x89C0

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, A0, 43...
 
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Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp609.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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