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:
d5b7094de118968b88c6e31a501c1fc2

SHA-1:
3c774c70fd6324b3c2bd37b045cd2abf05e0e052

SHA-256:
e863c3cd1494c783ada90293673308b883ed5b720bfa6fb1d2bc0f48423c289d

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:24:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
868

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.06

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.176.180

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140919

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3346

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1310

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11252
0.98/19479

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.33404
9.0.1.0262

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.19.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10515

F-Prot
W32/A-87364241
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.30.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13584

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigiPlug
v2014.09.19.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7002

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dfguqj
0.28.2.62440

Norman
Malware
11.20140919

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.19.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.19.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33624

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12826
2.0.0.1944

File size:
1 MB (1,055,472 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 5:59:59 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:
9/17/2014 4:56:19 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7FPX97BbdQstJ2C/iN7F+ClRV95ZAuvjZtD3P:7FPtVdRtJ7qT7lRv5ZAuvN1

Entry address:
0x674F

Entry point:
E8, 79, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 03, E8, 2D, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 20, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, F8, A2, 41, 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, C0, 3B, 0C, C5, A0, 33, 41, 00, 74, 0A, 40, 83, F8, 17, 72, F1, 33, C0, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, C5, A4, 33, 41, 00, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, FC, 01, 00, 00, A1, A0, 91, 41, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 56...
 
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Entropy:
7.7957  (probably packed)

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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