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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 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2388.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a1daa0061385a22c308998e08de78e22

SHA-1:
0560267be5c00e88d1dfb6f77e0bff3192dfcfc8

SHA-256:
5dac569d636c38ad94870b7c0e7ce3ce0051bd9836d92b081cb7fff99f8cf303

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
1/9/2025 1:25:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
865

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.173.134

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140923

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3343

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1330

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11248
0.98/19406

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19567

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.09.23.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10444

F-Prot
W32/A-1bb2709d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-23-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of flash_player_14_plugin.exe (Adware)
2014.12.5.11

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3208

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.23.10

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6999

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.496.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.798

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dewgcl
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.1344744
14.09.23.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.23.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.23.9

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12586
2.0.0.1927

File size:
1.3 MB (1,344,744 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 S.l.

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:
9/11/2014 5:00:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tpyhP5RFFrSEyFPu8JR9ksaQFCLwbLflBPh:KyFPu8D9k5QELuLJ

Entry address:
0x997F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 88, 11, 46, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, E8, 22, 46, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2388.com/CEPqCF8Pfynyu7pBOdvJcMDx4mIqWaAu0I4RDDGRcEzZHIfGYbcq7YonFejqCXL2Nt5nIQOObOU8ZKDoVS0WrP3k703SuTpdbqKisTIIusFYBd7MMM9NRhlA_fAMkkAr?sbb=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

http://ttb.lpmxp2168.com/download/request/.../xb9onqTr?__tc=1410635473.983&lpsl=4bfd52d20979adba825f0df208a03d3e&expire=1410721920&PubID=318038&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dlwupdate.com&ClickID=25360500041410635519&fileName=Setup

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