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. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2334.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cb48bf7c92bc14ec6f757a9ea6dc9776

SHA-1:
308936915bfd479773a3c46b3ab8ba2b618ec019

SHA-256:
c94ca65c636483db8f8b06babd606b45ee60589e5ba308c7ba8e3a720a6ae3a8

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
11/25/2024 6:45:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.CH
875

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.08.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.170.12

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3353

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.CH
1.0.20.1275

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.H
19496

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.29457
9.0.1.0255

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.CH
14.09.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10337

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.TVJF!tr
9/12/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-2e7f3c3f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.CH
11.2014-12-09_6

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13198

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3261

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.12.06

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7009

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.CH
15.0.0.765

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dejlth
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.12.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.12.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
32658

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11991
2.0.0.1920

File size:
1.4 MB (1,465,064 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:
7/14/2014 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:
8/27/2014 10:23:12 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4y83rXf95JRrVwk52X8DL2ZaVVk7FcAm6ycERLdDzUbBtEpZvj0j5k:4y8hFykeu2ZykaAJyrRZYBtEP

Entry address:
0x69E4

Entry point:
E8, 27, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, E0, 47, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 25, 48, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, FF, 47, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F8, E0, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, FF, 47, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00...
 
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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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