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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 37 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5dcd893918b8d39ebda35cf6438e575c

SHA-1:
f1b039eac744bfda5f036acaf98ebb3c4692ea80

SHA-256:
f4d576c89ebaf5dfae6eb0b90fb72253c2ebc58bc6d988bcec886ed350beb184

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
4/26/2024 3:04:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
5565581

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.05.28

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
150525-2

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJ+UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2016.0.3096

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.735

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20510

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.J
22250

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.DownLoader11.28135
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.SBAE!tr
5/27/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-022719ea
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.14.151

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.5.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.9.2.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.204.16051

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2015.05.27.11

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
17.6.569.0

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.441

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.ddzwdt
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.154268
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1139840
15.05.27.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.05.27.11

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
5.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler
15.5.27.19

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Dropper!6.1A97
23.00.65.15525

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.14

Total Defense
Win32/DomainIQ.QcfbHJD
37.1.62.1

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.147

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.27

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40552

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11460
2.0.0.2192

File size:
1.1 MB (1,139,840 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 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:
8/19/2014 6:51:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iio2C4Tz86EE1by3swR9HrwNmojHuD/bsytUltKo+5+VYrle5s3:k4TzJJm9R9kFTSbNtkwo+5Vrle5K

Entry address:
0x3F56

Entry point:
E8, 09, 27, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 14, A6, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 90, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 14, A6, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7320  (probably packed)

Code size:
62 KB (63,488 bytes)

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