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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
35a4b378d040cf0b66f055b3b1b3b170

SHA-1:
a30f8173b8906bd1e21b0ec7ee538e5cda2a4aa9

SHA-256:
0d771e0a3ed1eb038f2fe232b6a74db5c71d9e950cf52035c56dcf95596fa6c5

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/23/2024 12:52:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SoftPulse.A
870

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.18

Avira AntiVirus
SPR/Dldr.Agent.cdvd
7.11.171.142

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-RJ [PUP]
2014.9-140917

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Adware.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.1300

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19471

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SoftPulse
8.14.09.17.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10395

F-Prot
W32/A-ee49b44a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SoftPulse.A
11.2014-17-09_4

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.21.20

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigitalPlugin
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13333

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3236

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.17.07

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SoftPulse.A
15.0.0.780

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.deuoac
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Adware.SoftPulse.A
14.09.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.17.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.17.16

Sophos
Adware.SoftPulse
55

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12485
2.0.0.1926

File size:
1.3 MB (1,339,552 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
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:
9/9/2014 4:37:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tKyKz4D4ufmwhzA2QoPKCys7JdpmnMlxy9KR8uQcu1:tKVzMNuwIKyoBmnMSURNQV

Entry address:
0x998F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, D1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, E2, 45, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.6703

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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