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 26 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.lpmxp24.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fc7851599722bdce757ef009b5f3b868

SHA-1:
d432469321d1cefbc358bfdbe0ae5f541645766b

SHA-256:
95faa18076f8bb88c379a7b8b6996b0d702c990be491689eb55710a3fa58ea37

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/6/2024 12:10:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
928

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.07.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.163.78

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-P [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3406

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.1010

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Application-495
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
18928

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.6060
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-7488f3d7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-21-07_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12795

Malwarebytes
v2014.07.21.08

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7062

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.606

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dbmimq
0.28.2.60990

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.21.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.7.21.19

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.SoftPulse!6.197F
23.00.65.14719

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
31208

File size:
812.5 KB (831,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2014 5:09:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XHAVdbgYZFkLri0InZF1o2Bd9aFtry9rK1u3sPDaYskpR3rx:XH1AFx0Ild9aFtrmrKgY7rx

Entry address:
0x4E119

Entry point:
E8, EA, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, D2, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, CD, 0C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 23, 14, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, A2, 0A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, 83, 37, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Code size:
464.5 KB (475,648 bytes)

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

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