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 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp62.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aaf2c8704a790baddcbea1e384216709

SHA-1:
750cd2ac847b881a2b72d13cb309f120eb8d8164

SHA-256:
a3b2e07c970984a07f425e42a64b770975f4b9307d2b4531581b6e65b4fd80ea

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/16/2024 11:25:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3397

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10179

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.10.11

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7053

Norman
Malware
11.20140730

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.7.30.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,237,216 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:
7/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 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:
7/30/2014 8:46:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:00y9G36xN9G36xtMHVL0ehyHlT3ftMEjbP3AnyKteCfbRcR1b4RU0:0035nAKyFDftMeC1Fcsz

Entry address:
0x3816

Entry point:
E8, 04, 44, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B7, 28, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, F0, 90, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 62, 49, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, AF, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 50, 91, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5769

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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

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