setup.exe

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 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp2013.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bc8577a75a6364892c40fa50dcea06bf

SHA-1:
21cebd6e64bc06ad7d70131c6e81075c60ed0f76

SHA-256:
f3046abc526c5ccd061e34471dd27d6acb48bdcdef648e1a4eb5ed8a06b97476

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
11/15/2024 6:15:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.06.27

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.157.46

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-A [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3431

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5055
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Inject
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12538

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7087

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Inject.dbobdv
0.28.0.60475

Norman
Malware
11.20140627

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.06.27.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.6.27.6

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.75845
2.0.0.1839

File size:
1.2 MB (1,245,696 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/13/2014 10:15:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:VhRyk5BKO3gux5cGnWYu2qR3Jai7r9rfPn9vYjzNJJJJJJJJJJJJJ7JJJJJOnOnK:Vh4qvQImGWYu2w7Nmnm

Entry address:
0x3B5D

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 38, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 5C, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, A0, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 44, 00, 00, 00, C7, 06, 44, BA, 41, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1...
 
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Entropy:
7.5804

Code size:
100 KB (102,400 bytes)

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

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