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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.softwcdf.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
00a7d6089c7ab457425ffe5f02b8ea6f

SHA-1:
8185609b070d70ed0848a5b380145ffba0513266

SHA-256:
2b3ae6bd625bcc346d0a5af27f7ed1a18c047db6299fee9b6df8c60e299d9383

Scanner detections:
31 / 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 8:32:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
6314276

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.16

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-BE [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3246

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.68937
1.0.20.1810

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/19849

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20268

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
12/28/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-eb1f19fa
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.68937
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14021

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.12.28.02

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Strictor.68937
15.0.0.1086

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dipney
0.28.6.63362

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.750544
14.12.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.28.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.12.28.14

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.22408
2.0.0.1989

File size:
733 KB (750,560 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/11/2014 3:25:59 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:f3R777gDZx2v7/zB+Dyoozgla3t+6kQcTD5Um1jvXDwKzhDZI84HsTTYOoSTsR:f3RncivjzHoozgXBZUETTwK6

Entry address:
0xF47A0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 44, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, FB, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 7B, 28, 0F, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 9C, C7, 0A, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9667  (probably packed)

Code size:
696 KB (712,704 bytes)

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

http://www.softwcdf.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=247&dv1=ad241-gb&kw1=ad241-gb-qyc&uuid=be297be6-4de0-40c2-7ae7-1f269d4dc5fa&dv3=be297be6-4de0-40c2-7ae7-1f269d4dc5fa

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