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 application setup.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 25 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)

MD5:
6255af55b638d51b64dc2c1c15f46473

SHA-1:
385b79aa0eb86aefa4b94caeead09b0f81f32146

SHA-256:
f29a78a32ca435c8d3ed07d4781c89f70c36bc3921e8d63b7d679009c74b562e

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:52:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.U
833

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.10.25

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.181.44

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3311

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.U
1.0.20.1490

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-44
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19896

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10618

F-Prot
W32/A-0146f17e
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-25-10_7

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13805

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
v2014.10.25.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6967

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.U
15.0.0.894

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dfjvlg
0.28.2.62841

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.25.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13299
2.0.0.1966

File size:
1.3 MB (1,355,744 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2014 11:17:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:IDASdSysJOcj0VQpWbl7s2LP0CXuiAayiWASALUgv2j6R6XEVeRs9HgVfgX:LSQtk2zQytkgis6yxE

Entry address:
0x6BEA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 30, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, 49, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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