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 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.mxp2393.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8fde40090110b9f10c6d883d2cd201e6

SHA-1:
6c3fac3afd6e7901420a8137306426f7a3bfc5bb

SHA-256:
7d2993eac224e4db66366d1603968b17af7986c17b9582e754a0d563820289fc

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/24/2024 3:36:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11825721
838

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.20

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.179.162

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3316

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11825721
1.0.20.1460

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-47
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34505
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11825721
8.14.10.19.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUZF!tr
10/19/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-4c3a7d54
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11825721
11.2014-19-10_1

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11825721
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.184.13727

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.19.09

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6972

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11825721
15.0.0.876

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfowyp
0.28.2.62671

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1391624
14.10.19.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.19.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13431
2.0.0.1959

File size:
1.3 MB (1,391,624 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2014 1:39:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uXO93poEu4pCkao1bNQfSyNGXTYGwwKCWiBe+I351KDsTXY8vZ6Qen:uMZoANNbyNGjW8u5MsTXY8vf2

Entry address:
0x74B6

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 66, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 20, AD, 46, 00, FF, 15, D0, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 24, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, CE, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, E5, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 25, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 58, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 94, 12, 46, 00, E8, 9F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 48, 74, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 8C, 12...
 
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Code size:
79.5 KB (81,408 bytes)

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

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