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setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.getsoftfree.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
636549028e1c43452d3b114f1bebc6d2

SHA-1:
91b3274b10d809f32a3e1e6c4b151ce0a7371a23

SHA-256:
b6a4c0ca4d6c7d6e93f4d4046cb688d5aadb8e66195d6d018a6505a3d94cc2d4

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 4:10:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
831

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.Agent
2014.10.27

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
1.0.20.1495

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-10436
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5878
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
14.10.26

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-93d66bbd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
11.2014-26-10_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Dropper
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13805

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6965

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.150962
15.0.0.897

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddkefn
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Malware
11.20141026

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1248960
14.10.26.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.10.26.15

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121291
2.0.0.1967

File size:
1.2 MB (1,248,960 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/2/2014 12:51:59 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/+dW0LXXy9G36xN9G36xtozdXea60Pm+XdEKjV14tPId3laEbRfK57WmIG:OWq35vzH60++Xzx14ZIbaEy56U

Entry address:
0x5CB0

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 20, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 20, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 10, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, 37...
 
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Entropy:
7.7142  (probably packed)

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=1869954996&sid=104195&filename=Setup

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