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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 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2200.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f8b741ac1fbaf8436b14edf4a2432f40

SHA-1:
f2b10b4ac27e8e6c0a6e4fa8b26904a669ff4687

SHA-256:
6cbbd603889a615d17108f0d21e473c81b5dc7ebd6d3dadb6013175a1ce9fb3e

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
1/1/2025 4:01:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aiOOrfVi
960

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3438

Bitdefender
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aiOOrfVi
1.0.20.855

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aiOOrfVi
8.14.06.20.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aiOOrfVi
11.2014-20-06_6

G Data
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aiOOrfVi
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7094

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Win32.ProcessHijack.mrX@aiOOrfVi
15.0.0.513

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.06.20.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DIGITALPLUGINSL.M
14.6.19.23

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1.2 MB (1,254,176 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:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2014 5:31:41 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 5:31:41 AM

Subject:
E=contact@digitalpluginsl.com, CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA024D41D6211226D7AD92FC4586AEB8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/18/2014 1:09:46 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iZ2NJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJQX1DITxesO+rSNB2:rX10evatfkCbnZeC

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6...
 
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Entropy:
7.6148

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2200.com/AaYkfpnEM7SkGtoeKf3ASf4_cCKieoij8BYdXwHSaVQB8uuNf0C6FniRkD1AO2Dj3dDeBu6UrQ265XntImoJ2dvAa3W40istepEuG4v1z3yaB3UEMRVB7LTJdbbOUCPk

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