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 28 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:
5aafe2999d939688609c8756f88317bc

SHA-1:
07a6a39c5a7d77e21b7e5cd395824d0d6d9ffa75

SHA-256:
6c3147ca31352a13762b071651437822f3585c00738e4124b29ac96ac81971cc

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
5/9/2024 5:35:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
5827185

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.11.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.188.58

avast!
Win32:Adware-BTF [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3282

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.1630

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Application-500
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
20164

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.6857
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-7488f3d7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14098

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Softpulse
v2014.11.22.07

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.6938

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.deckno
0.28.6.63474

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.K
14.11.22.19

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DriverUpd
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35010

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.198831
2.0.0.1991

File size:
821.5 KB (841,216 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:
6/17/2014 5:13:34 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:q4elJQMHi23M8iiWh1r7868w3dquX0isPDaY/Mn0Vz9g:zelJQp23gr78e48uG0za

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)

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