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 www.lpmxp2082.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b037cbacf6961efc0841fad44932819c

SHA-1:
974549f35ab1ee3de6a90369784877c687d9aa26

SHA-256:
75356f94bff29fdc3a321096665a8fd42c01650fd05c30b3deee28ceabe29e9c

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:
5/5/2024 1:37:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
909

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.Agent
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140810

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2015.0.3387

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
1.0.20.1110

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-10436
0.98/19411

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5878
9.0.1.0222

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
8.14.08.10.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6becd5b1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
11.2014-10-08_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.13.0

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Dropper
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.08.10.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7043

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
15.0.0.666

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ddkefn
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Malware
11.20141012

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.10.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.8.10.8

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121291
2.0.0.1929

File size:
1.2 MB (1,232,064 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 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:
8/3/2014 1:00:53 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:X+si9G36xN9G36xtnMm4qu/5858PizfhUEza8Fgys7rW31JTPeTv0MSXwczvoECD:xH5qn4quRnwW8yNKnDXZvQp

Entry address:
0x5CB0

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 20, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, 20, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 10, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, E8, 37...
 
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Entropy:
7.6965

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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

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