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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 35 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This setup program installs potentially unwanted software on the user's PC at the same time as the expected/marketing software, without adequate consent. The program is typically installed via a form of malvertising
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8904a51fc4c00cf4cb190a5283fa76b2

SHA-1:
fbdd925542750738f207bb853e7de0ee8937cc2f

SHA-256:
dba9fa7f6bc0956e9d318877b2a9d584fd1b842c2c860d0bfbb2573582ba1e7e

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
4/18/2024 1:54:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
867

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zusy.107390.2
7.11.173.140

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140920

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3345

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.14920

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1315

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11309
0.98/19490

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.OLV
19611

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.0337

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.20.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.SBAD!tr
12/3/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-34cff0ed
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-20-09_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup (26).exe (Adware)
2014.12.3.10

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.2854

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.20.11

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7001

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.789

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhrtw
0.28.2.62151

Norman
SoftPulse.H
11.20141203

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1382432
14.10.06.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.20.11

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.20.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12999
2.0.0.1934

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,416 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/19/2014 4:40:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe9:ci1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdt

Entry address:
0x6BFA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, A9, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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

http://ttb.lpmxp2180.com/download/request/.../xb9onqTr?__tc=1411252807.124&lpsl=fc548b8091c73094dd23c9c57de7a099&expire=1411339208&PubID=261701&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.prosoftlst.com&ClickID=31784141541411252806&fileName=Setup

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