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 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2001.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d3e9a2455b77c6de74fd561c16e66768

SHA-1:
16b9d83cc7988b1b8c552c75c665646debb3ef48

SHA-256:
488fedcb825a5aa2dac716af8ad257f313b2a38edc19662986a98e09c80412ce

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
4/19/2024 4:16:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
947

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BundleInstaller
2014.07.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.158.56

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3425

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
1.0.20.915

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-748009
0.98/19073

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.27985
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.E potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-02-07_4

G Data
Application.Bundler.Agent
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12598

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3621

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.07.02.09

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7081

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.C
15.0.0.549

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbmyct
0.28.0.60577

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.02.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DIGITALPLUGINSL.F
14.7.2.20

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.195369
2.0.0.1844

File size:
1.3 MB (1,390,976 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2014 4:31:41 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 4:31:41 AM

Subject:
E=contact@digitalpluginsl.com, CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA024D41D6211226D7AD92FC4586AEB8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/2014 10:52:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ct2/JJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnOnOn3xwwncncnJEGBAFPJ8SJmU/2FYYak+F0A:uYFFYYQ0gPY43/fT5

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6...
 
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Entropy:
7.4722

Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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

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