setup.exe

Wizard

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 39 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.vgrabber.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
e7634809352ddc8e12f769e4e9cb80d5

SHA-1:
85bc2454551a4671fcfdb0b471e42c4258dbc6fb

SHA-256:
2e73bcb45d1378fb994f6b7fd9e707bf723dfb5b54e5303498b39df17ba8d136

Scanner detections:
39 / 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:
4/26/2024 9:34:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12410211
699

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.12.03

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DI [PUP]
2014.9-150308

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2016.0.3177

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.PBC
1.0.20.335

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Multiplug-33061
0.98/20090

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20266

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.33
9.0.1.067

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12410211
8.15.03.08.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.U potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Kryptik.BWOY!tr
3/8/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-3f31f6a7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12410211
11.2015-08-03_1

G Data
Adware.Agent.PBC
15.3.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14225

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2378

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SmartSec
v2015.03.08.10

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6833

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.12410211
16.0.0.201

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.djqtoc
0.28.6.63850

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Trojan.Agent.BGRP
14.12.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.08.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM17.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.8.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Inject.gar!1075356071
23.00.65.15306

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10010

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047B01L914
7.2.67

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.08

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
35224

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.14
2.0.0.2003

File size:
854 KB (874,504 bytes)

Product version:
1. 9. 8. 7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Wizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
12/23/2014 4:28:02 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:bYq2/9nnr5cDNsOQfKJL9ki1arPvi/cjaBYfv:UqaxyDC2JmSoPvikO8

Entry address:
0x1C106

Entry point:
B8, 50, B3, 51, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, D3, 52, 71, 8F, 10, 9D, 74, 62, B3, 00, 4F, B3, 31, 3B, A4, B3, FF, 83, B1, 7C, C9, 27, 43, 69, 31, 69, D3, 9B, 84, 1F, 21, 69, 1A, 5F, C4, 59, CB, 02, C8, BB, D8, 58, 37, D8, AB, 3D, 05, B0, 37, 1B, 06, 03, FB, 17, BF, 49, 9E, B9, D4, 90, 50, 86, 9B, B4, A5, AA, 1A, A8, 1D, 63, 5E, D8, 62, 02, DC, 1B, 78, A8, DF, A7, EC, E3, E2, 0B, A7, 24, 07, B9, AB, D2, B2, 3B, 0D...
 
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Entropy:
7.9790

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

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

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