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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 kyle.mxp2388.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9f89396e64b677d2c3c9df93506d6e04

SHA-1:
1cbfccbf50875c858307b2dc222d7f0f643eec4b

SHA-256:
0d258daaf626e5c9a63d5374505f1da1b9f2c1683a0f2ac6d431cb5e8b61012f

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:
1/9/2025 12:46:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPluginSl.Bundler (M)
16.1.21.17

File size:
1.3 MB (1,344,744 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:
9/11/2014 5:00:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tpyhP5RFFrSEyFPu8JR9ksaQFCLwbLflBPG:KyFPu8D9k5QELuL+

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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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2388.com/NpNmmycCtJSZ3Ud1XYUU25Pz3_e3ftzzz7fD8djE3KCI5zixPfgR3RTs7DkQkWDKRzhUfvfCj6kk7LDLdkg4vNa7lL43kF7WqGOqMde12GZY3sa3VytDC1El1-uZiI9u?sbb=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