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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 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from lp.downloads-free-video.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
04ca4161ee4c8ed14dd95c2ba152a350

SHA-1:
c389b162fd905e4c91fb8be5738714323a30157d

SHA-256:
57539b820117a2b98f2e927786dd56683c6f69d0d3324bb7a59340441289df6b

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:52:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
2014.9-140812

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3384

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.0224

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10237

G Data
Win32.Adware.Softpulse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player.exe (Adware)
2014.10.23.19

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13014

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3415

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.7040

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.12.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.8.12.22

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

File size:
1.2 MB (1,218,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 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:
8/10/2014 1:51:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4XV+BQ9paZwrMlEECCA9Lj6RSV1kmsL4bnaCdaRJ5gHcfSfIS:462kZwrG27Lj/1kH0mBRJ5g8qf/

Entry address:
0x89B0

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 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, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, 40, 43...
 
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Entropy:
7.7709  (probably packed)

Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://lp.downloads-free-video.com/download/.../?nocache=15eee746e7180f76031371a8f64dea37&software=VideoDownloader&name=setup.exe

http://lp.downloads-free-video.com/.../setup.exe

http://s.premium-apps.net/stub/.../setup.exe

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