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.mxp2385.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
edec018fed0f502f07e7d28360220794

SHA-1:
99392ac5b91e3a3f78449a0dd911cb970ea968b0

SHA-256:
a886d5364c34e492c4a4758a8358a05a4502f899f4396fd7679da4c72bfd52ca

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:
5/20/2024 10:04:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SoftPulse.A
816

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.11.11

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Softpulse.C
7.11.183.246

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3294

Bitdefender
Adware.SoftPulse.A
1.0.20.1570

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-2
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
20045

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SoftPulse
8.14.11.10.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6a1fc28f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SoftPulse.A
11.2014-10-11_2

G Data
Adware.SoftPulse
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13965

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.10.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6950

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SoftPulse.A
15.0.0.942

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.deuoac
0.28.6.62995

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.10.12

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.11.10.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12485
2.0.0.1980

File size:
1.3 MB (1,339,624 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:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/9/2014 1:37:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tKyKz4D4ufmwhzA2QoPKCys7JdpmnMlxy9KR8uQcuW:tKVzMNuwIKyoBmnMSURNQ2

Entry address:
0x998F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, D1, 45, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, E2, 45, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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