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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 33 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:
1f51ef4dd24be11c82bdbd8da2995909

SHA-1:
aa0708260dcaeed8f04e079939946b840a67d137

SHA-256:
be7114586d6c5e1ed4bc68a16bf762a67f2c87e72f73bd70b9a3f1f0ca1561ec

Scanner detections:
33 / 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 8:57:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
6486625

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.25

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen
7.11.188.174

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3213

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
1.0.20.150

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-15
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20192

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.Domaiq.9
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.P potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
1/30/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-7729d0a0
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14120

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.01.30.01

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse.a
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
16.0.0.90

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dhxfoa
0.28.6.63726

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1327064
15.01.30.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.30.01

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A4
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.30.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Binder.Win32.Variant.a!1075356077
23.00.65.15128

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.37
2.0.0.1992

File size:
1.3 MB (1,327,064 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/30/2014 10:33:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Auq2tmafPHRCOfLIRT26ULQX+llih7yzs905h0OsYOl9ooM3hGrBswDNg:GaHPixOa9pu

Entry address:
0x7E16

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 5F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3D, 0D, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 64, 61, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, CD, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 98, 17, 45, 00, E8, 70, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 60, 7F, 45, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 90, 17, 45, 00, E8, A7, 25, 00, 00, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 66, 8B, 08, 83, C0, 02, 66, 85, C9, 75, F5, 2B, 45, 08, D1, F8, 48, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10...
 
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Code size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

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