setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 has been detected as adware by 35 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.lpcloudbox405.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e2efae2f0f4fe851cceee15cf19df948

SHA-1:
0d5a8920bef86e63777afbc84a421534e5ca4bed

SHA-256:
e2b93e9291fb425f001bc6ce51f012642671935e67e11ea259bb10ff277cf0c0

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
5/11/2024 1:02:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
6294574

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.03.31

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-150330

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3154

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
1.0.20.445

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
21591

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.35292
9.0.1.089

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.L potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-87364241
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.4.17

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13789

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.03.30.06

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6810

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
16.0.0.267

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dewgcl
0.30.8.659

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1344688
14.10.24.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.30.06

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.30.18

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.bROdPVC
37.0.11520

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.89

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.30

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34214

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12586
2.0.0.2121

File size:
1.3 MB (1,344,744 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:
7/13/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/11/2014 12:00:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tpyhP5RFFrSEyFPu8JR9ksaQFCLwbLflBPw:KyFPu8D9k5QELuL4

Entry address:
0x997F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, 11, 46, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, 22, 46, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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