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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 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 czdttq2g.t1xbzi7ojt.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
921951ec7831c90b2971955d486745ae

SHA-1:
02f91f54019c30b2e8c03eb25705262f86590fdf

SHA-256:
a4cdd441d6a54e59f18d9126c6824b47766e0f1331eb06f23777ab3d5089e0e4

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
12/26/2024 2:31:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
6515826

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2015.02.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.oank
7.11.206.130

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DI [PUP]
150129-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AW
2014.0.4253

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.165

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20016

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20935

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34754
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
2/2/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-3dfc4001
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.193.14832

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.02.02.10

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6867

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
16.0.0.99

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfslei
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1386536
15.01.30.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.02.10

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A4
2.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.2.2.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Binder.Win32.Variant.a!1075356077
23.00.65.15131

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.JLTAcY
37.0.11417

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13583
2.0.0.2051

File size:
1.3 MB (1,386,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Ingilizce

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/27/2014 12:19:31 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8q+qn68d/9eY7xekbbG6GgT0EzUm3O2AR1mYpxkhn8OTYgpqomoFufWUxJkS9sQi:8q7669wmb7T0ELmmYs7tr

Entry address:
0x7DE0

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, 9E, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 70, 00, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 8C, 65, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 68, 00, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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

http://czdttq2g.t1xbzi7ojt.com/q_Ju5d11CoZ-QRFwTZ_5XbndV_y3k4_EGct-erUlGf-KV_RWt-RCb5MUqeblJIIljwr57N3Fuirc7Zf9RHnhlrzRpYVIsRCgFdLYn_zgCRt2TJDRE25XvtR-UBU7IRoC?sbb=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

http://ttb.82kwk9p60b.com/download/request/.../CJzxGx39?__tc=1411920932.755&lpsl=d890cb0b6ca94b6a9b2045ac445e3026&expire=1412007327&PubID=122917&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.prosoftlst.com&ClickID=14921729251411920926&fileName=Setup

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