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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 29 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www1.mediaplayernew.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
547ff967d761fd37c63e02473ae47486

SHA-1:
936f7e7e01bf1a75c256d1d17e0ef6f96389aaad

SHA-256:
b46a3280dc188edfddfebaf9791a605fc644b5be83824dcb9b24c57fab04a10d

Scanner detections:
29 / 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 6:48:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
6387165

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.01.22

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.BYX
7.11.203.222

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-C [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3222

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
1.0.20.105

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Multiplug-33061
0.98/19957

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5055
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.462
1/21/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-2bca233c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14711

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2607

McAfee
Program.CryptDomaIQ
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
16.0.0.63

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmxty
0.30.0.64812

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.15
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Inject.1255944
15.01.21.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.21.03

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.B4
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.21.15

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783262
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.76501
2.0.0.2042

File size:
1.2 MB (1,255,944 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:
5/22/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
6/18/2014 2:09:46 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:HZ2NJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJQX1DITxesO+rSNBo:EX10evatfkCbnZec

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6...
 
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Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

http://www1.mediaplayernew.com/.../Setup.exe

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