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 setup.exe by Digital Plugin S.l has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
70724f2a84e618721b2021cfa38225d1

SHA-1:
034e9f98c02184bbf1009cc5874522b640d3ac8d

SHA-256:
76b15546d2fbc7ae956315154fa0c26e55a28a54b7d6f653b927e9f268e9ff34

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
4/19/2024 8:25:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
870

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.170.24

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
1.0.20.1305

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-35
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.H
19547

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.29457
9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
14.09.17

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.TVJF!tr
9/18/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-2e7f3c3f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
11.2014-18-09_5

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.22.20

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3235

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.18.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
15.0.0.783

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dejvde
0.28.2.62151

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.18.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.18.0

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11990
2.0.0.1926

File size:
1.4 MB (1,458,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 4:40:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zrK6dClXmekxlm1dl4r260n4dz0as5jc3AZ1COwiUP/5lq8Ab:zrBew72604doSw6ewM

Entry address:
0x69D4

Entry point:
E8, 27, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, C0, 47, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 25, 48, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, DF, 47, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F8, C0, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, DF, 47, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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