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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 22 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)

MD5:
a0bc77e4d00a9ff2d522aa3073c05f28

SHA-1:
d8f880fbd84b55cda0fb63d8df8b2714bec1986a

SHA-256:
dcf5cc7ee697c7f08538b1f80852a08d16d8f690255b9e55e7c03253e88e3410

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/19/2024 4:31:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
838

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.10.20

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-ADB [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3316

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1460

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10587

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
10/19/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-19-10_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13727

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.3075

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.19.04

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6972

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.876

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dgsdkq
0.28.2.62671

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.19.15

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

File size:
1.5 MB (1,523,160 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 5:59:59 PM

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:
10/15/2014 9:33:57 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:apa/O74CNt3r2J2FC3eUldZUJ3OlKU4UDcc6Cy+9eG:XcZC35VcOcmDcc6Cd

Entry address:
0x7F26

Entry point:
E8, 14, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 46, 25, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 34, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, EE, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 24, A5, 48, 00, E8, 74, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 3C, 06, 49, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 1C, A5, 48, 00, E8, A8, 25, 00, 00, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 8B, C3, 56, 83, E8, 00, 0F, 84, DC, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, C4, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, 8E, 16, 00, 00, 48...
 
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Entropy:
7.5259

Code size:
81 KB (82,944 bytes)

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