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 ttb.lpmxp2141.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
52807338873c7f2292e57eb882453ee3

SHA-1:
127174e16ce9304bcf168459f794065dcac3ccd0

SHA-256:
8961ed3075acde5300746d32c7964a6a0d7b01f53a5d3e6a5ac2253a8bb65871

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
11/25/2024 10:27:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
870

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.170.24

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
1.0.20.1305

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-35
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.H
19547

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.29457
9.0.1.0261

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
14.09.18

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.TVJF!tr
9/18/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-2e7f3c3f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
11.2014-18-09_5

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.23.6

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3234

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.18.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Zusy.105611
15.0.0.783

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dejvde
0.28.2.62151

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.18.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.18.2

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11990
2.0.0.1926

File size:
1.4 MB (1,458,416 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:
7/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
8/29/2014 2:40:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DrK6dClXmekxlm1dl4r260n4dz0as5jc3AZ1COwiUP/5lq8At:DrBew72604doSw6ewG

Entry address:
0x69D4

Entry point:
E8, 27, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, C0, 47, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 25, 48, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, DF, 47, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F8, C0, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, DF, 47, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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