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 30 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 www.lpmxp2017.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
89eb316f08f64a691746759825fe4d05

SHA-1:
509187d47cd14e03d6cf90cdd7a113fbd5f46eee

SHA-256:
abcae3bd3a61d6b29c8892336e4148b2d4defb2ab6c656ecfa6dcf99894b2909

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:45:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
828

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.DomaIQ.14.3
7.11.182.78

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

AVG
Adware DomaIQ_r.M
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1515

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Domaiq-45
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.SPL
19944

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28064
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
14.10.29

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.F potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.299
10/30/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-615ee6e3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.2014-30-10_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.13853

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.10.30.10

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6962

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.909

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dcfphg
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1258080
14.10.30.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.29.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34368

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.16859
2.0.0.1972

File size:
1.2 MB (1,258,080 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:
5/25/2014 12:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 11:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, 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:
6B59702469CAA1B8F0FE3A86D94D6266

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/1/2014 10:49:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nDHsykr7MhoKW/kGjjG7btB6lGogmMap/e8:nD9cDN/kqjG7paL

Entry address:
0x825C

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 71, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, A3, 80, B0, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.5883

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

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