setup.exe

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 24 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:
87b2d0c24e7242f836dc61a4318a67c2

SHA-1:
ced734a13006ad49d139783baa3d1a0c0224a3ac

SHA-256:
2613f278f135ee15e4ed5a165a427314b0ece07dd14e46cbc06c51b079e582b9

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
4/19/2024 4:57:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
832

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.10.26

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen4
7.11.181.56

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-ADB [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3310

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
1.0.20.1490

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19902

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10620

F-Prot
W32/A-7177c33f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-25-10_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13805

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.3011

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.25.08

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6966

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
15.0.0.894

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dhadid
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Kryptik.CDHN
11.20141025

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.25.19

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.15249
2.0.0.1973

File size:
1.2 MB (1,245,632 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 12:59:59 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:
10/22/2014 12:53:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:T8L6VIJcRi1mjztVwUkikOHLO8Yleg7I+SzUvnGwUCOYeyS:T+d1yVwe/YrITzUvnely

Entry address:
0x7D26

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, F8, 5B, 44, 00, E8, 70, 2F, 00, 00, 68, C0, C3, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, F0, 5B, 44, 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:
84.5 KB (86,528 bytes)

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