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 24 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 rflch5m.hpq81fs.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bca71b1bd4d05fc513ff7d02147e3a14

SHA-1:
46668fc31da340f44f198281c45aed11a21b1586

SHA-256:
bab4a21585f874fa0e59e6c5ce6368849aceb4f34bc650d1deea966c913a3158

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
12/1/2025 4:04:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.GL
816

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.183.246

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3294

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.GL
1.0.20.1570

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-27350659
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.GL
11.2014-10-11_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.GL
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.13965

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.10.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6950

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.GL
15.0.0.942

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dhyfaa
0.28.6.62995

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.10.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.K
14.11.10.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
377.5 KB (386,512 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:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
10/28/2014 9:47:36 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:4clplmpqjhAUlAVBUHKpi/ghUlsdZt/VZNwU8htyjuZisqpNRsYhk4Ijzb:3lplmpmHAVBVg/8ZXGyWisqaYhk4

Entry address:
0xEE6C0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, F6, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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