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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 30 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.mirror6.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ec2e04c358701d537e44c1d1c1372002

SHA-1:
ff2f674497c1cea46559892ce56729426a649961

SHA-256:
00c5113f30a2d6aea27469264189086a22dd25b5a09dda7076b39fbf20806f96

Scanner detections:
30 / 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 11:50:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AA
851

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.07

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3329

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AA
1.0.20.1395

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
19725

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.AA
14.10.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.OVQC!tr
10/6/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-93d66bbd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AA
11.2014-06-10_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.AA
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13597

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.06.10

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6985

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AA
15.0.0.837

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softpulse.dcouet
0.28.2.62483

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.06.10

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.K
14.10.6.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.17179
2.0.0.1945

File size:
1.3 MB (1,385,128 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 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=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:
7/17/2014 8:22:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:h3YD8/uAvukLLfGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOe5:zhzPYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lOc

Entry address:
0x6736

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, B0, 2E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 44, 9D, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 4C, F7, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 3C, 9D...
 
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Entropy:
7.5804

Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files5.mirror6.net/dl?bc=1082834&p_tid=dFU61U24CPRKU07D0HVOBLDM&aid=7dac235d-1a45-4f07-8e18-22a182ebd519&source=7bb6f12c-c522-4cb0-82c7-fc364d845372&c=78b5b524-0f27-4b77-9de4-cc010387dcca&filename=Setup.exe&variation=secure

http://go.pcsoftupdate.com/click

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