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 setup.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 33 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This setup program installs potentially unwanted software on the user's PC at the same time as the expected/marketing software, without adequate consent. The program is typically installed via a form of malvertising
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fdd3cb971687068a93b994821bbd265a

SHA-1:
065a5e2313f2e88d5ba0602ea059e6d94701c513

SHA-256:
c19cb7ab12027eb33d732b3b3cb3ff9c86ac56152cf97cff07fbcf5f42526582

Scanner detections:
33 / 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:
4/24/2024 4:49:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
826

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zusy.107390.2
7.11.173.134

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-141101

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3304

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.14111

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1525

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11309
0.98/19452

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.OLV
19655

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.0305

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.11.01.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10445

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.SBAD!tr
11/1/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-34cff0ed
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-01-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3013

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.01.08

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6960

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.915

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhrtw
0.28.2.62151

Norman
SoftPulse.H
11.20141101

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1382416.B
14.09.29.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.01.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.11.1.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12999
2.0.0.1937

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,480 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/19/2014 9:40:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe9:ci1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdt

Entry address:
0x6BFA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, A9, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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