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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. 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.lpmxp25.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a78d3ef523fde8eeb2e422e01432046b

SHA-1:
f87b5fc3d0066d9fa646d0f4d72dc15ddb5ca2d1

SHA-256:
4a13d53e6ad2780625278fa075fe2d95d004949806c3c99ee1e2692b608f419f

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 6:32:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
5596626

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.06.01

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Softpulse.Gen
8.3.1.6

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-P [PUP]
150525-2

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3092

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.755

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Multiplug-33061
0.98/20530

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
22292

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.189
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.14.151

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
15.5.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.9.2.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16089

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.05.31.02

McAfee
Program.CryptDomaIQ
18.0.204.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
16.0.0.453

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dbmimq
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.05.31.02

Quick Heal
PUA.MSJDGBTIR.OD6
5.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler
15.5.31.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.SoftPulse!6.197F
23.00.65.15529

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.14

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40552

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.187493
2.0.0.2199

File size:
812.5 KB (831,992 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 SL

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:PHAVdbgYZFkLri0InZF1o2Bd9aFtry9rK1u3sPDaYskpR3rM:PH1AFx0Ild9aFtrmrKgY7rM

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.

http://www.lpmxp25.com/.../Setup.exe

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