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

MD5:
c1e19a7b528ac74ec49669ddfba4a39a

SHA-1:
506fdf7a08a57952b86f58c6d4eea7f0ed7155ea

SHA-256:
eb876780d5b415342cc9762cea89b5e2a902510918e55ca3b952652247359214

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
8/9/2025 6:50:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.09.25

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.174.118

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140925

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3341

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-44
0.98/19431

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.0268

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10463

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.7.5

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13476

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
v2014.09.25.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6997

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1121.0

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dfjvlg
0.28.2.62286

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.25.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.I
14.9.25.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33120

File size:
1.3 MB (1,355,704 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2014 11:17:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:pDASdSysJOcj0VQpWbl7s2LP0CXuiAayiWASALUgv2j6R6XEVeRs9HgVfg:uSQtk2zQytkgis6yx

Entry address:
0x6BEA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 30, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, 49, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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