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 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac2e06fb9c5cea110fad88e7dd33df05

SHA-1:
28e017868a9ec76c4bc526999ed9d95f474aeb93

SHA-256:
45d5f6f8aaf2ec45496b8d89352f3a50296a0ec982b74dddb995d0d359f0a3dd

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
5/27/2024 2:02:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.171.22

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-NP [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4015

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30734
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10377

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13286

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.06.11

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7015

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Malware
11.20140906

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.06.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.I
14.9.6.20

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

File size:
1.5 MB (1,526,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 7:59:59 AM

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:
9/4/2014 3:32:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:C5IM/V0deM5lZ2ykPYMkrQ1OrWaRyv2PBcSL+L5/+FMoQl/ugQWiBdrfO+a+q:oIBfvMkrNrf0u3qdaNLgQWiO+K

Entry address:
0x5A07

Entry point:
E8, 41, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.6200

Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

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