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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 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bd4e5163edfa006981dfe6ae82e8a33f

SHA-1:
52f28cf089919446e9205682a3cb16670b122280

SHA-256:
eaa9075dd4d4e2d949276832031a1cf29926d84d6ff419f9fdced3488c9f2251

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/24/2024 8:34:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.29

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

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

AVG
Trojan horse Dropper.Generic9.WTG
2014.0.4015

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.LPF
19348

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-93d66bbd
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.08.29.12

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7024

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcjqvm
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Agent.JJW
14.08.29.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.K
14.8.28.23

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.79497
2.0.0.1905

File size:
1.4 MB (1,452,704 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:
VeriSign, 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=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:
6B59702469CAA1B8F0FE3A86D94D6266

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2014 5:36:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4B8lNjclcknzIb8+Kj9Wr/ehlmc4eXomQXmt/qR8tlydsMhJoNSh5G+A1X:a8lNjcKkzIfrehfoPmdqRslhMhOsGH

Entry address:
0x886F

Entry point:
E8, 49, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, E8, 21, 48, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, DA, 2E, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, C4, 2E, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 8B, 7B, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.5693

Code size:
70 KB (71,680 bytes)

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