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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:
09e74e7bde9410ecb1ce6a02631f7da9

SHA-1:
0a352eae34b1101a2de8558862ac3cea5dca6533

SHA-256:
fa16bd5090c7e3603b43ae712a77513850bd4939994dd861afc55d3dd8b6ff84

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 9:33:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SoftPulse.A
867

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.13

Avira AntiVirus
SPR/Dldr.Agent.cdvd
7.11.171.142

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-RJ [PUP]
2014.9-140920

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3345

Bitdefender
Adware.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.1315

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-2
0.98/19410

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19471

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.0263

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SoftPulse
8.14.09.20.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10395

F-Prot
W32/A-ee49b44a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SoftPulse.A
11.2014-20-09_7

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of flash_player_14_plugin.exe (Adware)
2014.12.3.11

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigitalPlugin
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13333

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3220

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.20.11

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7001

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SoftPulse.A
15.0.0.789

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.deuoac
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1339432
14.09.21.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.20.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.20.22

Sophos
Adware.SoftPulse
55

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12485
2.0.0.1928

File size:
1.3 MB (1,339,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\low\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 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:
9/9/2014 7:37:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WKyKz4D4ufmwhzA2QoPKCys7JdpmnMlxy9KR8uQcuL:WKVzMNuwIKyoBmnMSURNQr

Entry address:
0x998F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, D1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, E2, 45, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.6704

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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