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

MD5:
82369a99f8fdd435eb48d3182b281ebe

SHA-1:
f62f45cc9526ca9c4745e5fb8bbf7319fa9ff2d5

SHA-256:
4a5f651240e1d31e4004b8d149922c5415b3858bb991680207b75fda293abd71

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/28/2024 12:14:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimizerPro
2014.07.17

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-O [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Trojan horse Dropper.Generic9.WOZ
2014.0.3986

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.11498531
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28213
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12747

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3552

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7067

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcgbac
0.28.2.60881

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.16.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.7.16.13

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,210,528 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:
5/25/2014 6:00:00 PM

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

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, 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:
6B59702469CAA1B8F0FE3A86D94D6266

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/11/2014 5:50:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SUyrumsLQIB+JSZ3FuZMGrU0IzoMn4AADw49P:LyrxyBtkZMGo0IzoM4AyN

Entry address:
0xC4BA

Entry point:
E8, 37, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, E8, 92, C1, FF, FF, E9, DD, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, 83, C1, FF, FF, E9, CE, FF, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 78, 62, 44, 00, 33, C5, 50, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53...
 
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Entropy:
7.3783

Code size:
146 KB (149,504 bytes)

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