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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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.updatesoftnow.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2d6842e790908014e6d4da0bdc074d74

SHA-1:
2dd37b5bd01953d5700c8560104e5d34ccd9e784

SHA-256:
8d0a6da3012d254c3ef641e8d663478f7774fed3cd7d44d9118b8d64bc8dbff6

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
11/25/2024 6:59:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.63110
871

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.170.158

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2015.0.3349

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.63110
1.0.20.1295

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-37
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.GEE
19533

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30444
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.63110
14.09.16

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10357

F-Prot
W32/A-fef09637
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.63110
11.2014-16-09_3

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of google chrome.exe (Adware)
2014.11.18.10

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13247

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.16.05

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7005

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.63110
15.0.0.777

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.denbkt
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Malware
11.20140916

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.16.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.16.14

Sophos
Smart Secure Software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.219725
2.0.0.1925

File size:
1.2 MB (1,265,320 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:
9/2/2014 8:34:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9AGDeJQ0CY1T9/ZUC7NfRxFpdkffH2u5pZMcsu:yXTAUPxmffHth

Entry address:
0x720F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A8, A1, 41, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, F8, B2, 41, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
7.5884

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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

http://downloads.updatesoftnow.com/get/click/.../?uid=1406785460170_1406785459104_107_387_851606_1&filename=setup

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