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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 18 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:
b6dfbf7a6f44ac074db1352cd596f790

SHA-1:
f1bbd736a7ed0831613f7c57649b1fd439089d72

SHA-256:
add46684fd46dd8f1926d39c4fb638b8a986771d842b736f3841a43d09a0d59c

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
11/9/2024 12:25:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
905

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2015.0.3383

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1130

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.27075
9.0.1.0226

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
8.14.08.14.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
11.2014-14-08_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of driver_updater(1).exe (Adware)
2014.10.28.7

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13043

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7039

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.678

Norman
Malware
11.20140814

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.14.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.M
14.8.14.0

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32186

File size:
1.1 MB (1,103,136 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:
7/14/2014 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 9:59:59 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 5:43:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iGI8pQOB1+DVhjrc0nMUclkd/9C6EzI601CAqwzd5QoSR8p:FaOT+DVhnDjrCE608CGo

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.

http://www.lpmxp623.com/.../Player_Setup.exe

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