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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 22 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from gghhhttpzxwn.m8bt92w7y1.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
43997e17969b6be026afc1a139ea1fcd

SHA-1:
efbfa9f31348a2212bfee1296fe522a47090f396

SHA-256:
e6cfaa908d05b7e8824751c8e92f93303d8d2ca96cf35f7ac11778573e2b8a1f

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
12/29/2024 2:29:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
838

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.10.20

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-ADB [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3316

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1465

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-797571
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10590

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
10/20/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-20-10_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13727

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.20.09

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6972

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.879

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dgsdkq
0.28.2.62671

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.20.9

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

File size:
1.5 MB (1,523,144 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:
9/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
10/15/2014 11:33:57 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:6pa/O74CNt3r2J2FC3eUldZUJ3OlKU4UDcc6Cy+9eG:3cZC35VcOcmDcc6Cd

Entry address:
0x7F26

Entry point:
E8, 14, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 46, 25, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 34, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, EE, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 24, A5, 48, 00, E8, 74, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 3C, 06, 49, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 1C, A5, 48, 00, E8, A8, 25, 00, 00, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 8B, C3, 56, 83, E8, 00, 0F, 84, DC, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, C4, 16, 00, 00, 48, 0F, 84, 8E, 16, 00, 00, 48...
 
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Entropy:
7.5259

Code size:
81 KB (82,944 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://gghhhttpzxwn.m8bt92w7y1.com/h8faGJLAS3bsGlo-0QRuPrIdajMFIzeOQFuO-hnmiRktmncPUNJdFZ_q-iTz-12Me5WaOJcdd5M39uRT6dh5rqyi0j4oY39y_RLWvyfYDAz42bw5X97oyeoAO9N2RFxh?sbb=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

http://ttb.obvj0w71hq.com/download/request/.../F5ke6yum?__tc=1413416694.381&lpsl=eaf3a26e60fcc57e1c7288981dd6aaff&expire=1413502882&PubID=324009&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwlsoftultimate.com&ClickID=17956385061413416478&fileName=Setup

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