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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 31 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:
9b5974b5961e905f08447562d793d512

SHA-1:
7f5205f5592d0076acb021782dd8b4dd9201179c

SHA-256:
5429b540d0202a4d88a6a61dded4b5cd2b13d49e927445466d4469979173a277

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/8/2024 5:03:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.ED
863

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.10.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.176.88

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140924

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3341

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.ED
1.0.20.1335

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-46
0.98/19469

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34807
9.0.1.0340

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11807553
8.14.09.24.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.TVJF!tr
9/24/2014

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.ED
11.2014-24-09_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.ED
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 866109.crdownload (Adware)
2014.12.6.11

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13550

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3202

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2014.09.24.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6997

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.ED
15.0.0.801

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dflmyv
0.28.2.62440

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1367056
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.24.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13361
2.0.0.1941

File size:
1.3 MB (1,366,944 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 SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 6:59:59 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:
9/23/2014 7:52:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WGjJZtAXaMb5YpCCNAfGU64giomYhXlZwVBhVS+JbIHICWKotTn+t:WGNZpbmfLRgioDXz+BhA3SvVnM

Entry address:
0x6D2E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 4C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, 30, B7, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 30, B7, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Entropy:
7.5661

Code size:
78.5 KB (80,384 bytes)

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