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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 file setup.cpl 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:
5a40ba501e92eac5dac6698d3741e93a

SHA-1:
19ff2b87b435e8dc743ee74f5f5887379d96963b

SHA-256:
d44bac2ec01490f4ea1c82432cdddbd663a84f42cdcab2a2678d210e6eb9bc29

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 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:
5/4/2024 3:52:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,185,928 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.cpl

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/7/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, OU=606372162, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
09630EF45908E3288578DD4139725FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 8:52:07 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x37D90

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F0, FD, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 10, 50, 8B, 4D, 0C, 51, 8B, 55, 08, 52, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, FE, 68, 30, 27, 08, 10, 68, C0, A6, 03, 10, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 83, C4, E8, 53, 56, 57, A1, 10, 6D, 08, 10, 31, 45, F8, 33, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, C7, 45, E4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 75, 10, 83, 3D, 5C, AB, 08, 10, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 4E, 01...
 
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Code size:
409.5 KB (419,328 bytes)

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