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 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp655.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f40e15e17db1991a170610cb2b5cc566

SHA-1:
a9001b360096d85b6b8137ec88e381d4a66c81ff

SHA-256:
085bb134e2e4c8e172bd83a7a051c47147c435c05efcd4a054a9e726b33288cc

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
8/15/2025 11:33:07 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
817

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.15

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zusy.102357
7.11.172.2

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-141109

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3295

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
1.0.20.1565

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.0313

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
8.14.11.09.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.L potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
11.2014-09-11_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
14.11.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.9.22

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13358

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.09.05

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6951

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
15.0.0.939

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.depjjw
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.09.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.13.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

File size:
1.2 MB (1,255,648 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:
9/8/2014 10:02:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NbkiGUv38BEDWRR2cU1kPLtOF5Tr287ZTPcyAKYP+y42CD:iqvCEaRkca2Yb/3PmKxqe

Entry address:
0x97AF

Entry point:
E8, 31, 2A, 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, 98, 91, 43, 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, AF, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, A2, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, A3, 43, 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 KB (77,824 bytes)

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

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