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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 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:
eb23a4fb9a3be90340aacc79618f3ad9

SHA-1:
22a4db99023342753d4a706444b98c8263a83929

SHA-256:
b82e0a0ff18ee1dc7db09f537da029cee0173b3cecfd29b2aac05ad0048f6901

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/19/2024 5:02:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
870

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.18

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.B
7.11.156.4

avast!
Win32:Adware-BRZ [PUP]
2014.9-140917

AVG
Softpulse
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.1300

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
18615

Dr.Web
Adware.DigiPlug.1
9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Generic.650863
14.09.17

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-745cc53c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-17-09_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(2).exe (Adware)
2014.11.22.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12478

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.17.11

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.780

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DigiPlug.daxzfw
0.28.0.60253

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.17.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.17.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.194431
2.0.0.1926

File size:
810.4 KB (829,880 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 SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2014 11:51:42 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XgQk6I6rjHaK7Ub/V798aIDFH/OakXC0aJktazsmR/sPDaY7IuTp:Xg4+KU4aI+XC0X8RwvfF

Entry address:
0x4E2B0

Entry point:
E8, F3, 7A, 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, 4A, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D6, 0C, 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, 2C, 14, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, AB, 0A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, FB, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Code size:
465.5 KB (476,672 bytes)

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