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 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a4974d8803e2dd695edd1510ab8c2edc

SHA-1:
73ebe4f10b4703d184374d6fc9bf221f9710321f

SHA-256:
99994e2a1cdc26ae4f553378d3c7a7a52ae70ff153dec262af64103b297e4ad3

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
11/15/2024 12:21:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
877

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.Agent
2014.08.23

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140911

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJ+UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3394

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
1.0.20.1270

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5878
9.0.1.0254

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
8.14.09.11.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
11.2014-11-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.11.12

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Dropper
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13139

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.11.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7050

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
15.0.0.762

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddkefn
0.28.2.61721

Norman
Malware
11.20140803

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.02.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.8.2.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121291
2.0.0.1899

File size:
1.2 MB (1,249,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
8/2/2014 1:58:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:r+9W0LXXy9G36xN9G36xtnMm4qu/5858PizfhUEza8Fgys7rW31JTPeTv0MSXwc+:KWq35qn4quRnwW8yNKnDXZvQR

Entry address:
0x5CB0

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 20, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 20, 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, 10, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, 37...
 
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Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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