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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2389.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c752f2f1c9c6e176170566e60d0b47d4

SHA-1:
19fad9e9fb85c2867a974e1635a156e4969a4dea

SHA-256:
987cb213ddbfdbd2939891ae48faa74e3facb03ac42c5b6560133f6463051b06

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
5/27/2024 3:53:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
816

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Agent
2014.11.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.183.246

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
1.0.20.1570

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11683
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.2
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
8.14.11.10.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10701

F-Prot
W32/A-d3f93411
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
11.2014-10-11_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13965

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigiPlug
v2014.11.10.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6950

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
15.0.0.942

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhulg
0.28.6.62995

Norman
Malware
11.20141110

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1062568
14.11.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.10.12

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.11.10.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
1 MB (1,062,568 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:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/16/2014 6:09:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JmfVKeJeWFhd8I/WH0iXIIfCCbiZpYPab0T0B:oNFdWUiXpfVkptb0TO

Entry address:
0x6607

Entry point:
E8, 11, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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

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