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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 19 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from network.adsmarket.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
1409826febc49c848e1b4b6407103a5c

SHA-1:
2091163fa6e63b63d52f3ba753ccce4e1bec813d

SHA-256:
48eec7a34957e142a61f9df6b67f7c63473ad2954ea7eab45277cf812b887f30

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
4/25/2024 10:07:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
836

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.10.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen4
7.11.180.70

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-ADB [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3314

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1475

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10600

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-10_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.22.01

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6970

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.885

Norman
Kryptik.CDHN
11.20141022

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.22.1

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

File size:
1.2 MB (1,209,808 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/20/2014 4:53:30 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:mpEdL1+miBQxprjUQftJLpV1VnaLcpI4Ig+JxM:EEqmvxD3pRaLcZIg+

Entry address:
0x7BC9

Entry point:
E8, DA, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B3, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 40, 6D, 44, 00, FF, 15, C8, 60, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, D1, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 7B, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 92, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D2, 47, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A5, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, CC, D2, 43, 00, E8, 4C, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 2C, 37, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C4, D2...
 
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Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

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

http://network.adsmarket.com/.../iWhvm2acqZWLaW-bX8p6w4iQa5heoXqXiWKYmmCkgpSJkGqXYZ57lbdqbp5joXs?dp=SBpwVmUSUeEvCf3m8eqqdeLlcEExGHqO-6iKPn77NNWjfyLzARse4pzUroSMMOxGQ-yICzDpdnCesxUbBxwUl3czIBbJQZR0igP2ecGEdbgnbXclp8qy3t92x-Nnbmv2crNLQGfia4jyuhMocCTgIp0gs6QTEzlA_tIV1E7V4BFbBTuqaeSj2OyToIs-fvumLfJghAIluZQqz8hQqApTzSio2GNEO_ja_hJ-2zxPOufMLHS5CWjSlwzLVgKYwglawQL3DTcmdHgbP2CfVpYYTyB1Tzjnnl6rdzk-kB_Glir7YoAmIraQe9OCbXTp2s49PxmqHXhsJGAhATCOOPSJ1ZthfpqFqKxA4hyXkRrw9siMdUm3hyFaXAQW_uH7Nfr9lx0ShZKDrn38HSeR_PGSg7X1SJaLRJLt6O1HoOo-idY3zIfdasXdflg

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