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

MD5:
19cb3407c59f5ad116a9aeb354a28fbc

SHA-1:
49e9cf94b7235aaf7bfae2bf7b1e05ac3f0b94c3

SHA-256:
6fa1556e1e0e40487a8c0c31a54679b3a9689437a6b3e942e8bcfb1bd25c0f82

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
4/27/2024 3:01:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
828

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.182.78

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3306

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1515

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-47
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19942

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34505
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
8.14.10.30.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10644

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUZF!tr
10/30/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-4c3a7d54
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.2014-30-10_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.30.10

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6962

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.909

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfowyp
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1391544
14.10.30.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.28.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13431
2.0.0.1972

File size:
1.3 MB (1,391,544 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 6:59:59 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:
9/24/2014 6:39:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uXO93poEu4pCkao1bNQfSyNGXTYGwwKCWiBe+I351KDsTXY8vZ6QeO:uMZoANNbyNGjW8u5MsTXY8vfr

Entry address:
0x74B6

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 66, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 20, AD, 46, 00, FF, 15, D0, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 24, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, CE, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, E5, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 25, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 58, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 94, 12, 46, 00, E8, 9F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 48, 74, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 8C, 12...
 
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Code size:
79.5 KB (81,408 bytes)

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