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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 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
62ad6c452c5c5faf42ac7f7d311b857d

SHA-1:
ae19261450767ba088e66af5a9e1b3dbbb3a355d

SHA-256:
03741e5c2ebecdea460e151cb5501b4f013a5653a43be8c98d096bac84df2ee5

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
5/7/2024 3:52:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.46906
792

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.10.01

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.175.218

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140923

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3342

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1695

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-48
0.98/19462

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28885
9.0.1.0339

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.46906
8.14.12.05.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.46906
11.2014-05-12_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.46906
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup (12).exe (Adware)
2014.12.5.14

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13535

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
14.0.0.3207

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller
v2014.09.23.01

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6998

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.1017

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.23.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.23.11

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
33558

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13278
2.0.0.1939

File size:
1.2 MB (1,289,248 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:
5/23/2014 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:
9/23/2014 9:59:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FDxHUihimpobIbSBV155HOGbV7KWHRwOHhS+qMJ:FeFIbSD5HfHBq

Entry address:
0x6C7E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 1C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, 64, 89, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 64, 89, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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