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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp2188.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7a6fa38a88ca2b0c664e66cca33a3dc1

SHA-1:
b099b46b9138d7b1521136098bd90d29c2117321

SHA-256:
3ddefec93ff9e28d12c4f543fe89bf8e620c770b6b002fb5bfc37fef99d9df94

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/1/2024 12:31:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.27.15

File size:
1.2 MB (1,302,992 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 9:35:28 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:hCe9Oe9v9mKihqDftePGtlD75o1sfsNP0G3jXpaIo:hHO2v9mKihE6QDdMkOFab

Entry address:
0x6D7E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 5C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 70, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, EC, C7, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, EC, C7, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Code size:
78.5 KB (80,384 bytes)

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

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