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 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 www.lpmxp2033.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5b365cfa4fd5555740e39f4bb53bd65f

SHA-1:
061957870baa64b64f33356e45796de7368ba05b

SHA-256:
73f908f6bb4d0d8d030857f76a87901c1134f158281796fa74b6a0bba30d5242

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/24/2024 11:04:58 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AA
922

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.28

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-S [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3400

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AA
1.0.20.1045

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
18997

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10161

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AA
11.2014-28-07_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.AA
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12846

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.07.28.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7056

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AA
15.0.0.627

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softpulse.dcouet
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.28.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.7.27.23

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.3 MB (1,385,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, 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:
6B59702469CAA1B8F0FE3A86D94D6266

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/17/2014 3:22:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:h3YD8/uAvukLLfGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOez:zhzPYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lOC

Entry address:
0x6736

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, B0, 2E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 44, 9D, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 4C, F7, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 3C, 9D...
 
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Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

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