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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 32 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from nb6zz.playnow.codecpackplastic.eu.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4afc3be7b211cb2c6959ee1e41f7ec7e

SHA-1:
1f68b171ff2fc5a1504849285cc658682cf1f790

SHA-256:
ac5d706a67cd5cc4e9a9bb9ff431ed69a0c14c0dda26e72d017f59aab20fd98a

Scanner detections:
32 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
7/21/2025 3:02:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OIL
6289313

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.12.26

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Agent.OIL
7.11.197.232

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.OIL
1.0.20.1800

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.J
20481

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.Packed.28579
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.OIL
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-022719ea
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OIL
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.Agent.OIL
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.188.14440

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.12.26.03

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OIL
15.0.0.1080

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.deikti
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Adware.Agent.OIL
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OIL
14.12.24.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.26.03

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.12.26.3

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.EfKQTCB
37.0.11351

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11842
2.0.0.2017

File size:
1.2 MB (1,261,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 5:59:59 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:
9/1/2014 5:42:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:L8Ax9GLS59Q2SQUVqyeFtBJepApojDkfW/1RJMGdmXt:b955i2S5VFIBJewerJMkm9

Entry address:
0x6100

Entry point:
E8, 5F, 20, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 20, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, B4, 10, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, 38...
 
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Entropy:
7.5954

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://nb6zz.playnow.codecpackplastic.eu/AIRmediaplayercpaCA.html

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