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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.updatevideos.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
cec5424473565d2422e7d1c4f1839302

SHA-1:
46077f8d2a1aa2440a600cece6b88a05fdaa3481

SHA-256:
ce287959559ff973c2017b513229159a403dff961f083195ef63716b160f065a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/27/2024 1:07:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.28.13

File size:
1.6 MB (1,626,064 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2014 7:11:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+zD5urNhRWx2Mk4JJQByw7Imlq3g495S0PwbphrpgXXOZuv/rTWeR5j4UwJZQUY:m6/ye0PIphrp9Zuvjqa0Uid

Entry address:
0x6978

Entry point:
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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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