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 18 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:
030398da5b352ae2f328ca6ffe160546

SHA-1:
f6e368a563a983342a1ffeece1d91004c14ddb3c

SHA-256:
cef8f005dc2cd2d93fe32f659b19063f1b915c9f04ba9615edea8cdd641471e5

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
11/9/2024 1:14:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
957

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-BTF [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3435

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.865

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
18633

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-06_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.6.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12484

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Softpulse
v2014.06.22.10

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7091

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.519

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.M
14.6.22.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
821.5 KB (841,240 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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 8:59:59 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:
6/17/2014 12:13:34 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:i4elJQMHi23M8iiWh1r7868w3dquX0isPDaY/Mn0Vz9:belJQp23gr78e48uG0z

Entry address:
0x46B1F

Entry point:
E8, 84, 7B, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 52, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, BB, 25, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 7D, 30, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, DC, 23, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, EF, 51, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Code size:
432 KB (442,368 bytes)

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

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