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. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp695.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8fa1c168467dff76240a06e276bfd82c

SHA-1:
18eea2f31b21b2dda6d30dd7eb5b171790eb84f5

SHA-256:
cb6efaa255e18f5b0a26db337d41918fa06e2a3fba70182e2bf4d5b2047a8eab

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:04:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
854

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.04

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.176.138

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3332

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
1.0.20.1380

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-11248
0.98/19476

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19697

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.35292
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
8.14.10.03.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10508

F-Prot
W32/A-87364241
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
11.2014-03-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13550

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.03.06

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6988

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.107390
15.0.0.828

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dewgcl
0.28.2.62440

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1344736
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.03.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.10.3.18

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33624

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12586
2.0.0.1942

File size:
1.3 MB (1,344,736 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 5:59:59 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:
9/11/2014 9:00:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NpyhP5RFFrSEyFPu8JR9ksaQFCLwbLflBPb:qyFPu8D9k5QELuLz

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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Entropy:
7.6715

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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