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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 26 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.lpmxp2018.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a3fcca86d7557f614aa5f099b3ac11e4

SHA-1:
55bc7f1cb708f84aad9fad24fe1eb8fdb29feddc

SHA-256:
41d10d2ac42f269cb221af2f95b344322d994a09509d17c2617b4b34249552cd

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the DomainIQ download manager to bundle additional potentially unwanted software without adequate consent.

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:
4/24/2024 10:13:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.BU
794

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.12.03

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141130-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.BU
1.0.20.1680

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.JavaInstaller
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5724
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.BU
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.H!tr
12/2/2014

F-Prot
W32/S-0ba0feb0
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.BU
11.2014-02-12_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.BU
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14210

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6928

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.BU
15.0.0.1008

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddawpi
0.28.6.63850

Norman
Malware
11.20141202

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.02.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.12.2.21

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35224

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.17100
2.0.0.1997

File size:
1 MB (1,086,096 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 12:59:59 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:
7/9/2014 12:42:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:sAkN7U/SF7uCIf5wzl/Lf3KWuIcD0vOFieuPFz3PoNEq9LpRiKottnD5UtsMpNqm:+Q/+Iw9zEIgFsPFz3bpRttNk4eX

Entry address:
0x53EC

Entry point:
E8, F6, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, 85, 15, 00, 00, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 73, 59, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, DF, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, F6, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 90, 00, 43, 00, FF, 15, 28, 41, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 24, 41, 42, 00, A3, 90, 00, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 33, 6B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Code size:
137 KB (140,288 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2018.com/.../Setup.exe

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