home

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 27 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:
87d5611eb5d3a1607c2d8921a9669b5a

SHA-1:
8aed47cd5a20aa35f427d5467673ffb84406df53

SHA-256:
d2532da8ecd6d1061921d2fdd0448d061ef2f70b33c47f7b7e886bfbe9dd25b6

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/26/2024 10:56:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
5831905

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.25

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AL [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3280

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1640

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Kazy-23
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20185

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.1
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
11/24/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-eea1d64b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-24-11_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14120

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.24.03

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6936

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.984

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dgqttv
0.28.6.63474

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.24.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.K
14.11.24.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.14594
2.0.0.1992

File size:
1.2 MB (1,224,744 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
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, 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=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/14/2014 6:40:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DSGxzDKw6w2qa3LgMc8SLFDY/8LeS2899E7D3AYNACMzb7noKcxl4B6obXWRAfbk:+xw8wFDY3wE3wY6cxI6gWUbIwMLHf/R

Entry address:
0x763E

Entry point:
E8, D5, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, AE, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 40, AD, 44, 00, FF, 15, D8, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, CC, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 76, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 8D, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, CD, 47, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A0, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, C8, 13, 44, 00, E8, 47, 2F, 00, 00, 68, CC, 76, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C0, 13...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.5182

Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.