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 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from yaachmhj.0o99hbzi.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
12348240c2de8d5d247cef25562b0b6b

SHA-1:
26f76f820639b11de239427502ee7da4abe3579c

SHA-256:
f9de9b2863dca6d57178c3b146fa2f053f1bde7e42518cd588e01b7853f5ae68

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:
12/23/2024 4:36:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.20.17

File size:
472.5 KB (483,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/20/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/21/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=calle El Pozo 17, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38680, C=ES

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

Serial number:
00B0E8D67D76278C69BC291F0124BD4648

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/28/2015 9:14:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HboZDUcG7zlGafQsyIuK+IM8prLOw8V7CoSn/:7oZYcPtpIuKYsFca

Entry address:
0x18E900

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 9F, C9, 18, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, F5, A8, 06, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
432 KB (442,368 bytes)

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

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