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

MD5:
743ccba506dc1416761355a9444fd780

SHA-1:
e25f8cb60246ed4ae5900a03d92831df0c76af57

SHA-256:
e99b3041129d2e6c0693ef8cfa9e97d97b103ba8331fd8d12c38c70aba33a908

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
6/17/2024 1:00:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
906

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.Agent
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140812

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2015.0.3384

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
1.0.20.1120

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-10436
0.98/19411

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5878
9.0.1.0224

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
8.14.08.12.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6becd5b1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
11.2014-12-08_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.22.15

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Dropper
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.08.12.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7040

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
15.0.0.672

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddkefn
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Malware
11.20140812

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.22.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.8.12.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121291
2.0.0.1929

File size:
1.2 MB (1,232,080 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:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
8/3/2014 8:00:53 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:X+si9G36xN9G36xtnMm4qu/5858PizfhUEza8Fgys7rW31JTPeTv0MSXwczvoECB:xH5qn4quRnwW8yNKnDXZvQf

Entry address:
0x5CB0

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 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, AC, 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, EC, 33, CD, E8, 37...
 
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Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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