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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 35 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 S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
91be1c44f0b8770ddb478317c436d48e

SHA-1:
56e08bda1d71006b49179c4835c65b020518e67b

SHA-256:
af69cbe795e6dfd836fe3fbd7b9b3ffac305820daa9ecd149c918c1477b00263

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/15/2024 12:37:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
6527204

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.03.18

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
2014.9-150317

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3167

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.380

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20197

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21443

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.076

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
8.15.03.17.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.OVQC!tr
3/17/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-146b01ae
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of java_installer.exe (Adware)
2015.6.23.6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13166

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6823

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
16.0.0.228

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.ddtjjz
0.30.0.296

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102350
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1408192
14.08.27.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.17.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.17.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.76

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11126
2.0.0.2103

File size:
1.3 MB (1,408,296 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 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:
8/11/2014 3:04:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2p0VWX3FaEpJNwPf/apieptFjhaxodNXStHDpfpYSwGIMEr:2tX2PHaZ/jQaCdpfpCG7e

Entry address:
0x8BA0

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, 30, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.6784

Code size:
73.5 KB (75,264 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2121.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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