player_setup.exe

Digital Plugin SL

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 SL has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
04882cf70e393864e3d1d08533c68abd

SHA-1:
f6aae4bd643058c42c8326b3772669ff6bc19ee8

SHA-256:
dc27911bfd8d6f36f7a58f1634b5fc2f9bc1411ab5ba143a5da8f12329cb5ae5

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
11/15/2024 6:25:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
902

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.06.20

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.155.186

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-A [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3380

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
1.0.20.1140

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Inject-10285
0.98/19286

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5055
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-9489cb6d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-16-08_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Inject
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12553

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Inject
15.0.0.494

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7036

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
15.0.0.684

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbobdv
0.28.0.60475

Norman
Malware
11.20140816

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.16.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.8.16.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.75845
2.0.0.1831

File size:
1.2 MB (1,245,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/13/2014 11:15:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FhRyk5BKO3gux5cGnWYu2qR3Jai7r9rfPn9vYjzNJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnQ:Fh4qvQImGWYu2w7Nmn

Entry address:
0x3B5D

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 38, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, A0, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 44, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1...
 
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Entropy:
7.5804

Code size:
100 KB (102,400 bytes)

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