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)

MD5:
ec0ba5351de2ba9bc7ca98ec9dd0e63d

SHA-1:
90a1a46cea9527ecb58ab4efb4afc552fbae0cc7

SHA-256:
0036a822226b95f10d1a1c12f1bec27d37eafde55481ea0e82e08f37548ceba8

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/25/2024 9:55:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
889

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.B
7.11.169.248

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-R [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3367

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.1205

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse
0.98/19314

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
19353

Dr.Web
Adware.DigiPlug.1
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-7488f3d7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.08.29.04

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7023

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.723

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.DigiPlug.daxzfw
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.29.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.8.29.10

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.194431
2.0.0.1906

File size:
814 KB (833,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
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:
6/6/2014 5:51:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0gQk6I6rjHaK7Ub/V798aIDFH/OakXC0aJktazsmR/sPDaY7IuT8:0g4+KU4aI+XC0X8Rwvfw

Entry address:
0x4E2B0

Entry point:
E8, F3, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 4A, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D6, 0C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 2C, 14, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, AB, 0A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, FB, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Code size:
465.5 KB (476,672 bytes)

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