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 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2393.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
349223c26341607df1703af8639ac3b9

SHA-1:
f03948b4bc81d1ecdc52a2fb7ecec6bac4326fa9

SHA-256:
93be6e7d9095eefe10d00fa4d521321bdb5e687b662bb58feafa9d63d833d598

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
5/27/2024 12:10:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11829056
861

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.177.50

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140926

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3339

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11829056
1.0.20.1345

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-47
0.98/19483

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34505
9.0.1.0269

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11829056
8.14.09.26.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUZF!tr
12/8/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-4c3a7d54
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11829056
11.2014-26-09_6

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11829056
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.8.10

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13611

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3192

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.26.02

McAfee
Softpulse.a
5600.6995

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1205.0

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11829056
15.0.0.807

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dfowyp
0.28.2.62483

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1391600.B
14.10.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.26.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.26.14

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13431
2.0.0.1945

File size:
1.3 MB (1,391,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\documents and settings\administrator\documenti\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2014 1:39:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uXO93poEu4pCkao1bNQfSyNGXTYGwwKCWiBe+I351KDsTXY8vZ6QeO:uMZoANNbyNGjW8u5MsTXY8vfL

Entry address:
0x74B6

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 66, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 20, AD, 46, 00, FF, 15, D0, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 24, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, CE, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, E5, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 25, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 58, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 94, 12, 46, 00, E8, 9F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 48, 74, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 8C, 12...
 
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Code size:
79.5 KB (81,408 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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