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 29 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 kyle.mxp2364.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
620d04c565dabf0e2bba0b55310b94ac

SHA-1:
0ab25f2289362bf022f29f29ed5e57c2a7aea7da

SHA-256:
2784b1fdf37d64b810965ba74028726f4c4c4b2e254ae2d25348a37a50c7ea35

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
11/8/2024 12:43:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
857

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Trojan/Inject.1526984
2014.10.01

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.175.174

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
140929-0

AVG
Win.Threat.High
2014.0.4025

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
1.0.20.1365

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-40
0.98/19455

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.GEE
19659

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
14.09.30

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.L potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-30-09_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13535

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.30.12

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6991

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
15.0.0.819

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau
0.28.2.62440

Norman
Malware
11.20140930

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1527008
14.09.30.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.30.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.30.11

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33120

File size:
1.5 MB (1,527,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 9:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 9:29:59 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 5:02:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:m5IM/V0deM5lZ2ykPYMkrQ1OrWaRyv2PBcSL+L5/+FMoQl/ugQWiBdrfO+a+t:cIBfvMkrNrf0u3qdaNLgQWiO+N

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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Entropy:
7.6199

Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

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

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