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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 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp2131.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6d85a7253aaaf100ea788fd0e757f361

SHA-1:
d41b00e103d23cfb8422861f96978d8397bd7527

SHA-256:
97027d15533d55b88aede0d8fcdbf52de9df0ce116cb981ed37b733e12f2fe2e

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
8/9/2025 4:36:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
884

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.H
7.11.170.204

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3362

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
1.0.20.1235

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19413

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.56
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-0b77e0af
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
11.2014-04-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13257

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.04.12

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7018

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
15.0.0.741

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dedrfa
0.28.2.61942

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1583336
14.09.03.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.04.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.3.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11556
2.0.0.1911

File size:
1.5 MB (1,583,336 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 7:59:59 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:
8/22/2014 10:02:36 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NPEzeDWtazKrcVWv+FjisSOZYjmOdXQ+ARZoQWnQUwMlds0VwI/9M4:lIwwImsMqQA57oQWcGdsyl

Entry address:
0x9A5F

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, 98, A1, 48, 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, 08, B3, 48, 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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Entropy:
7.6091

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

http://ttb.lpmxp2131.com/download/request/.../pGQ7tZMY?__tc=1408924314.529&lpsl=3e8928a0ee99957ce56c53a6b1cdf1c1&expire=1409010689&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwnllistsoft.com&ClickID=Ym89MSZjaXBpZD00NDcwMDAmY2lzaWQ9ODJBODkxQTNGQTEwMjI0MDM1MDMyMjI3NjcmY2lyaWQ9ODJBODkxQTNGQTEwMjI0MDQ2MjIyNDI0MDgmc2xpZD0wJnN1YmlkPTEwMDEmY2l1aWQ9LTE4MjQ5Njg2MTUyNDkwOTc1NDYmc289MSZjcmlkPTc5MDg1OCZleGNpZD0yMiZtbXQ9LTEmY250cnk9MjI3JmNpY21wPTE2OTgyOCZwdWJpZD01MzMw&PubID=5330-1001&fileName=Setup

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