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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 25 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 storagenl.info.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
118c2fe6c077016ae6601e12b6227961

SHA-1:
47234bd1eae9f982700b4de0d6fcc5ecc91b52af

SHA-256:
c7fc94ab3e1e96c5e7f15dd0729884f9f2214376848ec1142b542c1afa5bc57d

Scanner detections:
25 / 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 7:13:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
878

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.10

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.171.116

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-R [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3356

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.1260

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Application-487
0.98/19348

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
19469

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26956
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.09.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-09-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13319

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.09.06

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7012

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.756

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dbbdly
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.09.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.9.17

Sophos
Adware.SoftPulse
5.05

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.187484
2.0.0.1916

File size:
786.4 KB (805,304 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:
5/26/2014 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:
5/29/2014 11:55:06 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ea3LEO+TPVMg+Ukjize2tWoQZEeYrmGxB7YpaLd6+R1sPDaYyo68v:ea3L8eg+UkjCoRZuB7YcvsK8v

Entry address:
0x4D4B9

Entry point:
E8, ED, 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, 40, 36, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D2, 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, 93, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, B2, 06, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, F1, 35, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Code size:
454.5 KB (465,408 bytes)

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

http://storagenl.info/.../?installer_file_name=setup&affiliate_id=1_ent

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