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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 21 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.lpcloudbox329.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d577d24430946e20f746f3a63adab732

SHA-1:
5ab757ecc04e8010857dfffa74b1ca1aa4254807

SHA-256:
04e61f7679b7094ded63f2e81481be55176ee8154bf16e05174a9fae33588273

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/19/2024 9:41:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.AA
925

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.24

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-S [PUP]
2014.9-140725

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3403

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.AA
1.0.20.1030

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
18952

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.0206

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10144

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.AA
11.2014-25-07_6

G Data
Application.Bundler.AA
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12819

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7059

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.AA
15.0.0.618

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softpulse.dcouet
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.25.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.7.27.13

Sophos
DomainIQ pay-per install
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
1.4 MB (1,417,792 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/21/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
56A14602FE05DCEF0C5161F45F3065B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/25/2014 9:26:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+fqpGDSZ3vl0B3FiCOYIIprp4OfbiWtFbexLRHfZiUkCHl9nWVA/1Fwr1pLqxj6p:pGU0BBPbNjexaUkCH7Ww1odqxj6p

Entry address:
0x66E6

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, C8, 3E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, E4, AD, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, C0, 07, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, DC, AD...
 
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Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

http://www.lpcloudbox329.com/.../Setup.exe

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