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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 37 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.lpmxp2040.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dfe022bd286eedbcf646dd9af13efd1d

SHA-1:
181f1e0f02047a99c3e6e85ca2dcc4130f568a04

SHA-256:
59224bf12bf72a6bff23d890378358fa9298f9a29e5fe33319f77401da3f40b3

Scanner detections:
37 / 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:
11/16/2024 4:30:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.8
6409042

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2015.03.26

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-S [PUP]
2014.9-150325

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3159

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.8
1.0.20.420

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.E
18952

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28257
9.0.1.084

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.OVQC!tr
3/25/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-6f8f7593
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of chromesetup.exe (Adware)
2015.6.30.10

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15381

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.2292

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.03.25.03

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6815

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.8
16.0.0.252

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dcoqvj
0.28.2.60990

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1387160
15.03.25.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Buzus.BR
15.03.25.03

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.25.15

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Dropper!6.1A2A
23.00.65.15323

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.84

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.25

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Buzus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.121215
2.0.0.2116

File size:
1.3 MB (1,387,160 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, 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:
6B59702469CAA1B8F0FE3A86D94D6266

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2014 6:40:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DD0vT6MRnMFkDGYudfVHlG6EvJ72DgiB8mdtBA1FYTtkUnO3lOeY:yRHYlJlG1vJ720iBXzT6F3lOh

Entry address:
0x6756

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, B0, 2E, 47, 00, FF, 15, E4, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 74, A5, 46, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 7C, FF, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 6C, A5...
 
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Entropy:
7.5798

Code size:
74.5 KB (76,288 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp2040.com/.../Setup.exe

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