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setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l 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 S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a57574c0645e9f3cfd3a863b83b45071

SHA-1:
18052f8e2948c50b641ff5c98c764eeb368acd68

SHA-256:
95d24e87f6e5a2dfe9583888d768488e0acb74fcfbd074f904f814393bc7c20f

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
11/16/2024 8:45:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
692

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.15

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150315

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJ+UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2016.0.3170

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.370

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20045

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.G
21416

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.DownLoader11.28135
9.0.1.074

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
8.15.03.15.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.QBNO!tr
3/15/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-e2a9801c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-15-03_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 00000000 (Adware)
2015.6.21.3

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.200.15263

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2344

McAfee
Program.Socrydo
5600.6826

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.222

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddnuar
0.30.0.296

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.20150315

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1237200
15.03.13.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.15.3

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Buzus
9997

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.74

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121249
2.0.0.2099

File size:
1.2 MB (1,237,200 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/30/2014 6:46:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:U0y9G36xN9G36xtMHVL0ehyHlT3ftMEjbP3AnyKteCfbRcR1b4RUQ:U035nAKyFDftMeC1Fcsj

Entry address:
0x3816

Entry point:
E8, 04, 44, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B7, 28, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, F0, 90, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 62, 49, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, AF, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 50, 91, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5769

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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