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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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2391.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
03a4d0eb354a6f7b0522f506e0ff32a3

SHA-1:
6332f2692d7e91ca9932e65449f59318d5d75caf

SHA-256:
436bfce680a0abbee77f536ad5c780429126a5c1cd56df28a9dcdfde5d62dc23

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
5/7/2025 7:32:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.09.25

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.174.118

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140928

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3337

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-44
0.98/19431

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.0271

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10463

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(4).exe (Adware)
2014.12.9.22

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13476

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
v2014.09.28.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6993

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1121.0

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dfjvlg
0.28.2.62286

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.28.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.28.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13299
2.0.0.1936

File size:
1.3 MB (1,355,816 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2014 10:17:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BDASdSysJOcj0VQpWbl7s2LP0CXuiAayiWASALUgv2j6R6XEVeRs9HgVfg:GSQtk2zQytkgis6yx

Entry address:
0x6BEA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 30, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, 49, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Entropy:
7.6696

Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp2391.com/mLUJIYTEW2NDQqqjhskPVrFF3_9nYog2fAiDbtxIBUoYoVLtbp6EsApE-D_cKp0_5Qwqmd_-egYpZcNviKD9AddvrqPE7A5QJS3Jb9T6W7H-FCLtVuvE0AzDXyh4fryr?sbb=zWS9SjCqgDycOgq7BDrKsqiYdUrmPAW7GF2SzXdz8IMzE8jyDUYy4DbO71CRMjxdsDlFKyOnKUnkHtzzQN25PwWBwCwQYukPbwUM4ECGIUWnQHYwQps8N39OQDYOH7YcF47KyQyzwk7ERv663qDPNr1bNAsbbbcJQGBAMYfnEU5CFoa9r7tQCSgdqejc8KyP0ZTke0WyU6YWKA5JPpHhGbLLWZTch0AejelMPQ73q1YIievjCuHzNlsWCTvFaAd7sJEvelGwlDqNJG4yGkj4X8B88yK1S0jTJ0wSbNuSDoeuYbH2vIXwYaijTQne2qexqfY4CP6wLlvfl5Ms1QJFt2SsBlrczNSexLIh7PBxOSE3B9pi0FbI8oKQ5x1dWXDJzzkGfchifJdBsHOPefEGlHcDWh2UN4tk802sU0p3Q5Ew48Ew4IxjsjZCSKV5gznZryISLsR9uFDdI4xpQAAM0TW5VoSlQyEVrIBPXh4Ad1HZkOgPQCi3wKMacW3KUnqvExJjj5afxE1iTbLJuZnyVDAVnDnU42Tx7xGz9oS4J7wslIPXVmlSnY1uWpnLPPLgwTU4vQzTeic6764e3M4VU4KZMZjHMaLznxWm5nu5qAQkZULlkIp1HBLcBY1LdB3l0fv105KFSLid6Tp3kUK9OtC0cHB7kRZ9lI1vXaId7AJlbIbZ61t6Ilf3slZqCMpcONtZfiJDjbnTW2jsIN7i30nX8UHfm5iaWMDcrAj7a0OvBnbzFR5TuICkCUC0H9lZCfTGaXRnQeNDC1TFTMqFoj0x9v685SjBOWxHklph07Mx0RJDaOfb6JBTVCyU6sdPcqGbquseZcR

http://ttb.lpmxp2182.com/download/request/.../xb9onqTr?__tc=1411395078.517&lpsl=f233d97e2b24559094015f2c95a35a4c&expire=1411481476&PubID=288679&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.prosoftlst.com&ClickID=14832326701411395074&fileName=Setup

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