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 20 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 ttb.2muqpf1ii3.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
a05230fa13a7e49cbe36a1dfca852cfd

SHA-1:
76df98e2eb33f17b11b7a4dee872788f2cec25e4

SHA-256:
7cb57464d2ad87930d5cbeb9a1a43a04f0db119da5b0f99c68c6ca6a13dc2209

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/25/2024 4:08:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
841

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.10.17

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.20
7.11.179.120

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-ADB [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3319

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1450

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.0292

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10577

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-17-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13704

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.3075

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.17.05

McAfee
Softpulse.a
5600.6975

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.870

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dguxty
0.28.2.62671

Norman
Kryptik.CDHN
11.20141017

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.17.5

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

File size:
1.2 MB (1,230,784 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\documents and settings\windows\documenti\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/16/2014 12:33:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cQiuMT98w+0d82/wG4ZqItFPqh6pZRj35fdcuIM:c/T9N2zsItFa6pZqu

Entry address:
0x7BC7

Entry point:
E8, DC, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 40, BD, 44, 00, FF, 15, C8, 60, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, D3, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 7D, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 94, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D4, 47, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A7, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 18, 24, 44, 00, E8, 4E, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 7C, 88, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 10, 24...
 
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Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

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

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