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 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2387.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bf05df5dcc233ee7dd3039691ba35a79

SHA-1:
5e98a3ee0c8eeec9acb67ddf27ee6291e68d57af

SHA-256:
38c9b77f5025e692839abcae2cd769be86283931bfad49b2d95472a3f2cb9853

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/24/2024 3:47:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Agent
2014.11.27

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.189.40

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
1.0.20.1655

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11683
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20208

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.2
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.M potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-3c050bc3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
11.2014-27-11_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14150

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigiPlug
v2014.11.27.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6934

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Zusy.108145
15.0.0.993

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dfhulg
0.28.6.63726

Norman
Malware
11.20141127

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1062576
14.11.27.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.27.07

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.11.27.7

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12778
2.0.0.1994

File size:
1 MB (1,062,576 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:
7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/16/2014 12:09:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2mfVKeJeWFhd8I/WH0iXIIfCCbiZpYPab0T0a:9NFdWUiXpfVkptb0T5

Entry address:
0x6607

Entry point:
E8, 11, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.7842  (probably packed)

Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

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