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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 29 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:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
60025cad7cc39268308a47cd30d1d23a

SHA-1:
f436f77250f7fc277d9be7ca3126d3b18a13a28d

SHA-256:
8bd763d0601fbd7709d4cde0fffb1aa8b482a74bdf725e014902108fa7edb91f

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/26/2024 8:01:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
827

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.182.128

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
1.0.20.1520

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-8
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19950

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34565
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10648

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
10/31/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-9a61795c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-31-10_6

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

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.13853

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.31.03

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6961

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.2
15.0.0.912

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwrxn
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1401344
14.10.30.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.30.1

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13653
2.0.0.1973

File size:
1.3 MB (1,401,344 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

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
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2014 6:49:56 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ceKezF165g5l/gwb9+gBT4PRIQLCLdDRhRrMSKMjZZteTfu4MMDid9:cwrHbnBMFCLFRh1uw38E

Entry address:
0x7C20

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, DE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A0, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 9C, 46, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 94, AA, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 94, 46, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5705

Code size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

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