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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 33 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)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
8d5d62708f6889ca8c35c4152ee8ea6e

SHA-1:
4590c3af7655f3c228427bd92f6270255c4b2033

SHA-256:
48cebf04f9d80fdcc0567149c65af6fc08c9f2a810d545da2a3d91fca0cec01b

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 5:37:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
6213306

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.12.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.oank
7.11.197.30

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

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AW
2014.0.4235

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.1780

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20438

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34754
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
12/22/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-3dfc4001
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14395

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2014.12.22.05

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse.a
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
15.0.0.1068

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfslei
0.28.6.64267

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1386528
14.12.19.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.22.05

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A4
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.12.22.4

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.JLTAcY
37.0.11343

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13583
2.0.0.2012

File size:
1.3 MB (1,386,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

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:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/27/2014 11:19:31 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sq+qn68d/9eY7xekbbG6GgT0EzUm3O2AR1mYpxkhn8OTYgpqomoFufWUxJkS9sQQ:sq7669wmb7T0ELmmYs7tJ

Entry address:
0x7DE0

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, 9E, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 70, 00, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 8C, 65, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 68, 00, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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