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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 google chrome.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 20 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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
275b1a06c1b2aef0a2023147264166da

SHA-1:
6e7159b44dbf5ee6e7d8c80057881a6ec957d6bd

SHA-256:
052e6898a17d194caced0bda0ecaf462bf8afb2bad5aa6b0b573c2c674ede6de

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 4:07:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
6208672

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2015.04.02

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.J.1
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-GP [PUP]
2014.9-150706

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3152

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.460

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.092

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AE
8.15.04.02.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.AA potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-02-04_5

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of non confirmé 514312.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.6.20

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15641

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.1776

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigitalPlugin.C
v2015.04.02.12

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.AE
16.0.0.276

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.2.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
38882

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.225
2.0.0.2143

File size:
525.7 KB (538,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\google chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/27/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 5:59:59 PM

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:
4ED5D9A2F23912A93AD2937C038B77F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2015 1:34:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pxD5+98h3PcS8EJZUyLQoJcZZs5zolLjng/yML:FY8hPcSZuyLQicZZwzwgKML

Entry address:
0x1A13CB

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9098

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1010.5 KB (1,034,752 bytes)

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

http://admin.0k8wezr.com/FrlEeW_AJfCDZwYYw9LVwZonGkF3w-vpVODSfkxhK8u13fRHCV--lye8nju0mAATSpMmPT4payW2tKwLDR2yaBYVzlQ2gTpap_t9gzfN77yOKOG5IgmnDpOzCF_hyXLg52YbxR01DIhHCKkuYMkiUnft6AsBKNeU0RCgNhVxe5EWRwNeNGMV3bNY3zZfJAHO

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