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 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from n8afpcnlnu.t1xbzi7ojt.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
5777f872343873eded442745bccdcb0f

SHA-1:
24f776cb0ba0aa032a24de1507f65d79e853b5c9

SHA-256:
e535e603d91b3c2785b37c2fe3ed85dbc35daffe6f94326d2a4120d6ce697b7a

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
11/5/2024 3:30:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.09.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.175.126

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3336

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-51
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34754
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10484

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13521

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2014.09.29.09

McAfee
Softpulse.b
5600.6992

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.29.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.9.29.21

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33520

File size:
1.3 MB (1,386,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, 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=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/27/2014 5:19:31 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sq+qn68d/9eY7xekbbG6GgT0EzUm3O2AR1mYpxkhn8OTYgpqomoFufWUxJkS9sQW:sq7669wmb7T0ELmmYs7tD

Entry address:
0x7DE0

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, 9E, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 70, 00, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 8C, 65, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 68, 00, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5697

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

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