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 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2016.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5057d94681ade0e09f8f3e2b7a9e4f0d

SHA-1:
c4fb051e3a4f4e6b7d71b2430ce09cf00b5bfea2

SHA-256:
e047efa7f4ca8420111dca29abb0f773c113d777c9f61c8b32eb90fbc185a737

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
4/19/2024 2:16:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
947

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.D.1
7.11.158.50

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-H [PUP]
2014.9-140702

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3429

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
1.0.20.915

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-02-07_4

G Data
Win32.Application.SoftPulse
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigiPlug
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12553

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.07.02.10

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7085

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.14
15.0.0.549

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.06.28.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DIGITALPLUGINSL.F
14.6.28.18

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

File size:
1.2 MB (1,257,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2014 11:31:41 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 11:31:41 AM

Subject:
E=contact@digitalpluginsl.com, CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA024D41D6211226D7AD92FC4586AEB8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2014 6:01:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BSnzjykMMtvzzdHhm65MCz0cyCWtLuirr9PaJHHq+K:By60zzdGW8CWMWPAqz

Entry address:
0x7DFC

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 80, A0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 61, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 20, 61, 42, 00, A3, 80, A0, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
7.5899

Code size:
147.5 KB (151,040 bytes)

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

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