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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 33 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This setup program installs potentially unwanted software on the user's PC at the same time as the expected/marketing software, without adequate consent. The program is typically installed via a form of malvertising
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6c60d27a404f0930acb69c9ae81b1c7c

SHA-1:
7e93f3d29ab7be3ca00c2169f0865e4a8b3b9d98

SHA-256:
d465ea34578ac18bd05c5c443c3dd678cb6b64289fc9219b17fc7a727a8cd13b

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 10:22:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
6175498

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zusy.107390.2
7.11.173.140

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3257

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1755

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/19795

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.OLV
19611

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.SBAD!tr
12/17/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-34cff0ed
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.12.17.01

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.1053

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhrtw
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1382432
14.10.06.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.17.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.12.17.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12999
2.0.0.1934

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,440 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:
9/19/2014 9:40:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe9:8i1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdt

Entry address:
0x6BFA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 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, A9, 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)

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

http://www.lpcloudbox307.com/.../Setup.exe

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