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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 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.getsoftfree.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2b0051313ebaa92414e66bfdf43a37ff

SHA-1:
dc3528d2e06b231bb7b55a639350b8f1be970496

SHA-256:
c1734e97a67195b1c0fc2fe761dbf88cc45c5221ad092641fb799ac2b536e7a7

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 7:05:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
6494226

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.02.06

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oanm
7.11.207.154

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3207

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.180

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20033

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20973

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.05190

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

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.OVQC!tr
2/5/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-146b01ae
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14877

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.108

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.ddtjjz
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102350
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1408280
15.02.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.05.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
2.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.2.5.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.36

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.05

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37240

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11126
2.0.0.2055

File size:
1.3 MB (1,408,280 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 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:
8/11/2014 3:04:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Gp0VWX3FaEpJNwPf/apieptFjhaxodNXStHDpfpYSwGIMEP:GtX2PHaZ/jQaCdpfpCG7O

Entry address:
0x8BA0

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 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, AC, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, 30, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.6784

Code size:
73.5 KB (75,264 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=1920205628&sid=104468&filename=Setup

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