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Setup.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 file Setup.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
755a117de46477676a8e35d6ea79b3ba

SHA-1:
108cd4ee045b7fcc6e0c23008f12acaad4c6f1ec

SHA-256:
66773b250529ca626b613d732b4507c34d5d5a22bc9f5702a9e3ac6ada9d1b9a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/23/2024 1:36:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.9

File size:
1.1 MB (1,185,920 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/7/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, OU=606372162, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
09630EF45908E3288578DD4139725FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 6:52:07 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x37D90

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F0, FD, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 10, 50, 8B, 4D, 0C, 51, 8B, 55, 08, 52, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, FE, 68, 30, 27, 08, 10, 68, C0, A6, 03, 10, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 83, C4, E8, 53, 56, 57, A1, 10, 6D, 08, 10, 31, 45, F8, 33, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, C7, 45, E4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 75, 10, 83, 3D, 5C, AB, 08, 10, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 4E, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.1471

Code size:
409.5 KB (419,328 bytes)

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