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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 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:
416a90a6a5c91d6b0d88c5585f6656c6

SHA-1:
fcb82d4024415f9946a86d12cf4905a42835fc53

SHA-256:
eab8a9473f7301d32dc085d04f98d0374a01f48d87afc9265215b19849b83f17

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

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:
4/25/2024 7:09:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
827

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Strictor.62516.2
7.11.182.128

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1520

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-763955
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19950

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.56
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
14.10.29

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-0b77e0af
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.2014-31-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.31.04

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6961

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.912

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dedrfa
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1583336
14.10.30.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.10.29.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
1.5 MB (1,583,336 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 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:
8/22/2014 9:02:36 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NPEzeDWtazKrcVWv+FjisSOZYjmOdXQ+ARZoQWnQUwMlds0VwI/9MT:lIwwImsMqQA57oQWcGdsy2

Entry address:
0x9A5F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, 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, 98, A1, 48, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, B3, 48, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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