setup.exe

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. 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:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
9b1f236db9f7ec3602b9abf722e9aae0

SHA-1:
6bd6d48ee0343b5e3edb3379c65b42240fb72d63

SHA-256:
87bbb8c3dc1a4021ac0788e4ad0a12e26c0bedf76dd81ab63762479103ae5ab9

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/24/2024 6:35:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
833

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.10.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen4
7.11.180.144

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-ADB [PUP]
2014.9-141024

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3311

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1485

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.0297

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10603

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-24-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3050

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.24.10

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6967

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.891

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dgytfo
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Kryptik.CDHN
11.20141024

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.24.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

File size:
1.2 MB (1,209,800 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

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
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/20/2014 11:53:30 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WpEdL1+miBQxprjUQftJLpV1VnaLcpI4Ig+JxM:0EqmvxD3pRaLcZIg+

Entry address:
0x7BC9

Entry point:
E8, DA, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B3, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 40, 6D, 44, 00, FF, 15, C8, 60, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, D1, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 7B, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 92, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D2, 47, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A5, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, CC, D2, 43, 00, E8, 4C, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 2C, 37, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C4, D2...
 
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Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

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