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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 39 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)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
3495979ed7c2d1291b1b03ff653c68b1

SHA-1:
18ea18e8d04d3cc1e258780358b9bfa3d0d98528

SHA-256:
e76fadd16cbbb381067ece1a1c8897023e4ba747a1a03f198b7f9bfc71d35380

Scanner detections:
39 / 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:
11/8/2024 6:41:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
6216384

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2015.04.09

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.174.252

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AI [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r
2016.0.3145

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.495

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
21697

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34754
9.0.1.099

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
9.10477

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
4/9/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-a1299ecf
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.12.2

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.202.15530

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.04.09.02

McAfee
Softpulse.b
5600.6801

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.A
16.0.0.297

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfslei
0.30.10.952

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

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1386456
15.04.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.09.02

Quick Heal
TrojanDwnldr.DriverUpd.A4
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.8.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Binder.Win32.Variant.a!1075356077
23.00.65.15407

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.JLTAcY
37.0.11539

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.99

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13583
2.0.0.2132

File size:
1.3 MB (1,386,456 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 11:59:59 PM

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 9:19:31 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8q+qn68d/9eY7xekbbG6GgT0EzUm3O2AR1mYpxkhn8OTYgpqomoFufWUxJkS9sQg:8q7669wmb7T0ELmmYs7tB

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)

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