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 34 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.lpmxp2149.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bdd8d585d95702c9b6eb3057a062f4e9

SHA-1:
e8c658d5aad1b052d7ff2860f9e3a53598f7d83f

SHA-256:
3dd234cfc22b88922517a04d367ca8efbb3e23c98c60f7e23d01444a55607a49

Scanner detections:
34 / 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:
5/6/2024 6:47:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
6484632

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Trojan/Inject.1526984
2015.02.06

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oanm
7.11.207.212

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJ+UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2016.0.3207

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
1.0.20.185

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20035

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20981

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.L potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-3c050bc3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Agent
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14885

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.02.06.05

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
16.0.0.111

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1527016
15.02.06.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.06.05

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
2.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.2.6.5

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.10

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.37

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.06

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12175
2.0.0.2056

File size:
1.5 MB (1,527,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
9/4/2014 9:32:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:m5IM/V0deM5lZ2ykPYMkrQ1OrWaRyv2PBcSL+L5/+FMoQl/ugQWiBdrfO+a+b:cIBfvMkrNrf0u3qdaNLgQWiO+7

Entry address:
0x5A07

Entry point:
E8, 41, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

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

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