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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp623.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b41df50e9309d23914ca8ba84f031a10

SHA-1:
b75769e0251ee856c462cac4adc5872cb1520290

SHA-256:
1418d475308ae141c283f055d513f0d4c5ab90e3e4284eca19c82f189bc50cb1

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
11/9/2024 12:30:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
853

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.05

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4037

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1390

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-8410
0.98/19479

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.J
19706

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.27075
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.10.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.AVAS!tr
10/5/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-ea0c27a9
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
11.2014-05-10_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13584

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6987

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.834

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.ddthlw
0.28.2.62440

Norman
Malware
11.20141005

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1103128
14.10.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.05.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.10.5.3

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33624

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11234
2.0.0.1943

File size:
1.1 MB (1,103,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\player_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 12:59:59 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:
8/13/2014 8:43:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:CGI8pQOB1+DVhjrc0nMUclkd/9C6EzI601CAqwzd5QoSR8h:laOT+DVhnDjrCE608CGA

Entry address:
0x5D80

Entry point:
E8, 5F, 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, B0, 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, F0, 33, CD, E8, 30...
 
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Entropy:
7.7978  (probably packed)

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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

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