home

setup.exe

taskhost

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 12 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 ttb.18v3y9y0ob.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
c183fd3def4d9b9b453c0abb34d95461

SHA-1:
dd3add349109d276fb771f9c1acbdb271163a1db

SHA-256:
d12c2df545084a83f5d6cc87ff781fc723558dc84f6ab01eabc8d50a6d9b8eb9

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
5/20/2024 7:07:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
515

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Multiplug-33061
0.98/20565

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
8.15.09.07.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2015-07-09_2

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.9.7.21

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.1460

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
16.0.0.750

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
11.20150907

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
15.8.3.2

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

File size:
703.5 KB (720,376 bytes)

Product version:
6. 5. 4. 6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/29/2014 7:53:12 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9HgLxi7Ma55+pDZIWcZWO5RgbdtK15LRCxg1RHeDpMgv4t1goX86r:9HMiAe5aIWiFHktK7eDpMgvO11M6r

Entry address:
0xFFF6

Entry point:
E8, 9A, 7E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, BF, 1A, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 2C, 45, 43, 00, E8, 12, 7F, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, CC, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 1F, 38, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.6981

Code size:
149 KB (152,576 bytes)

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

http://ttb.18v3y9y0ob.com/download/request/.../N8V0Yoxq?__tc=1420162366.196&lpsl=0d0a514d20f4676a5ee8616105c47a7c&expire=1420248754&slp=www.totalbestfiles.com&ClickID=70fed26f2153488f825686701ea82a52&fileName=Setup

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