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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.lpmxp2156.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
915e5722c123ba67a14ba89b80772f63

SHA-1:
1353c99d4b6cfb0c2b43711811cf1bf857065abf

SHA-256:
a761a7b8d4384f59fb8d966de68277eece48673e2310d6a916987964c796347f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/25/2024 1:40:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.12.23

File size:
1.2 MB (1,255,576 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:
9/8/2014 10:02:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9bkiGUv38BEDWRR2cU1kPLtOF5Tr287ZTPcyAKYP+y42Cs:SqvCEaRkca2Yb/3PmKxqx

Entry address:
0x97AF

Entry point:
E8, 31, 2A, 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, 98, 91, 43, 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, AF, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, A2, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, A3, 43, 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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Entropy:
7.6509

Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

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

http://ttb.lpmxp2156.com/download/request/.../xb9onqTr?__tc=1410223336.8&lpsl=0aec14684c3f5f884aa5efc56c118b60&expire=1410309742&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.updatedlw.com&ClickID=15632914191410223339&PubID=156874&fileName=Setup

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