setup_13.exe

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_13.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 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)

MD5:
479ecfd0064f85879dda94edb979d42e

SHA-1:
7e1a5a2f7e9f78420cdfd88dbb19292a4974a11f

SHA-256:
c26deeaf8dcfdeb5759009184ddd8de52d0ca968c603e12252c70acaf3f76b1c

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
5/7/2024 11:44:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
5637198

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.19

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.187.50

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-BE [PUP]
2014.9-150416

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3137

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.530

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20330

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.B
20277

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.0106

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-15861c8a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Application.DriverUpd
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.18.7

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14210

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2182

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.04.16.03

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.318

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dhawww
0.28.6.63850

Norman
SoftPulse.O
11.20150416

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.365928.B
15.04.16.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.16.03

Quick Heal
Trojan.CoreBuzus.A5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Softpulse.Bundler
15.4.16.11

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_DRIVERUPD_EA220002.UVPM
7.2.106

Trend Micro
TROJ_DRIVERUPD_EA220002.UVPM
10.465.16

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35224

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.15377
2.0.0.1997

File size:
357.4 KB (365,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\setup_13.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/23/2014 2:51:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ij7pqcZKxTvR3TaukI9fD2xOdKCAJ/L4xGFdD6NrioBiX+TXBNy4Ij:ij7JKVVGukeL2xOdKd3dGAoBW+bBNy4

Entry address:
0xEE6E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, F6, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
316 KB (323,584 bytes)

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