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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9fb9173a830fad73fead2f7b8957b700

SHA-1:
f7d1a24004def529fbcde03eb66810469d0fffd3

SHA-256:
406a56f2d2f45204dd52a8826f8eb16816e06ce55bff6618aeb6a671fd13c039

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/23/2024 1:07:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.9

File size:
483.9 KB (495,488 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 SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2014 9:47:28 PM

Valid to:
7/2/2015 9:47:28 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
08030F4F595ED0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2015 12:30:37 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 98, DC, 58, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, ED, EC, 7D, 32, CE, E8, B7, CC, A8, D5, 00, D6, CD, A2, BF, 2C, 65, 45, 72, 83, 44, A3, AA, 40, 9F, 72, FC, C8, 29, 21, 07, D7, 1C, 98, B1, 14, B5, BD, E9, CD, F0, 5F, E7, F7, 3B, 60, FD, E1, 1A, 85, 66, D4, C5, C5, 62, 0D, E3, 18, 15, AA, 6D, 6D, 6C, 78, 80, DB, 55, B7, 83, 72, 7E, 47, DF, D5, 8C, C3, CF, 3B, E0, CF, 6A, 33, 7A, C1, D2, 66, 5A, EC, C5, E4, 86, E3, 74...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
965.5 KB (988,672 bytes)

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