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

MD5:
8037006d46c986f0260f9090b6192e5a

SHA-1:
c560003e827f87d6e93c4cfa49c40a5e5c269058

SHA-256:
f6c9acf95a832575b7950cf59a95855bd5eee8ce1b72e6be2bac9d065d0d2b61

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/24/2024 10:58:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.170.102

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-W [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2014.0.4015

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.J
19393

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13230

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.01.09

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7020

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.deikti
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Malware
11.20140901

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.01.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.1.20

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11842
2.0.0.1908

File size:
1.2 MB (1,261,280 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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 8:59:59 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:
9/1/2014 8:42:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:L8Ax9GLS59Q2SQUVqyeFtBJepApojDkfW/1RJMGdmXA:b955i2S5VFIBJewerJMkmw

Entry address:
0x6100

Entry point:
E8, 5F, 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, B4, 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, F0, 33, CD, E8, 38...
 
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Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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