setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

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.U has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1501aa8cb0b2df4d154ca10e08313522

SHA-1:
b5a40e839f3f87c3520a471cfabe8895a8c92cd0

SHA-256:
1a09be9ef364c224e6b48d86b6dc7c649934ca718eb6d5aa45c0dca1550570ef

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/22/2024 8:36:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.5

File size:
1.2 MB (1,288,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
579CAB2F48D0A522A31BFED50C25C532

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/8/2015 10:21:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 10, 30, 89, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 7B, F6, 86, 66, 81, 81, 9F, B5, C5, 6D, 51, D0, 1C, A5, 55, 89, 56, EC, 8F, 62, B8, D3, 51, 8A, BF, B2, 47, 53, A3, 5A, 2B, 53, 9D, 8E, 62, 9F, 45, 7E, AC, 4C, E0, 06, 7E, BD, 53, 9A, EE, 15, D5, F2, 47, 12, E8, 0D, 5F, AD, 62, 5F, DD, D0, B1, 72, 8F, BE, 65, 2B, 3B, 04, 0B, C8, 9A, 4D, 5A, 89, 76, 8C, 88, 56, 18, 67, 18, 9D, 48, 22, 92, BB, 7D, BE, 68, EF, A4, 82, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9555

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,757,056 bytes)

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