home

setup.exe

taskhost

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 38 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 zrlvpzitixl.819oofgi.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
6f80c485fb251fad44cd59fddd2f1563

SHA-1:
30d625d4f3affb99a2cab41e9ff32366bd0075c6

SHA-256:
8a9276e53f1341da1aaf25f7153552ff50d062bbf4382f78a58edff714a26934

Scanner detections:
38 / 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:
12/29/2024 6:18:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
388

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.12.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aonb
7.11.198.70

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CQ [PUP]
2014.9-160113

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2866

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.SoftPulse
4.0.3.16113

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
1.0.20.65

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-35419
0.98/19900

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20503

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.52
9.0.1.013

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
8.16.01.13.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.U potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
1/13/2016

F-Prot
W32/S-a12b5690
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2016-13-01_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14468

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.823

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Plugin
v2016.01.13.08

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6522

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
17.0.0.39

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dlfurr
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
11.20160113

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Agent.720248
15.01.15.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.13.08

Quick Heal
PUA.DriveUpd.DC4
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.13.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.16111

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.dBdCNGD
37.1.62.1

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.13

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Agent.Win32.497872
2.0.0.2026

File size:
588.4 KB (602,496 bytes)

Product version:
6. 5. 4. 6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/26/2014 5:41:44 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nXznQ+bCxWrUhLZvzC/igEhrNA9SNwyrYAmyhIna3PiGpYh7j:KgIh0/iLhrekeKYAl4RN

Entry address:
0xFEB6

Entry point:
B8, 0C, B2, 4B, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 68, 79, 75, 68, 64, 73, 34, 00, B2, 2E, 61, 31, F3, 47, 01, D3, 96, 96, 68, 81, 0A, E1, 1F, C5, 59, 80, F6, 07, 20, 84, 5D, 0D, 8B, 6B, 83, 1C, 68, 17, 09, 24, F0, 84, 12, A9, E6, 71, D1, 69, F3, 24, 8E, 3F, 77, 46, AE, F2, BA, 26, 2F, 05, B0, 68, 18, FD, 91, 84, 4D, A8, FB, 93, 07, 27, 83, C6, D5, D6, BD, 7B, B4, DE, 0B, 83, F7, 78, 8D, 6A, 2B, 18, 2D, BB, 65, C8, 1A, 46, 85, EA, 55, 06, A3, C7, E6...
 
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Entropy:
7.9619  (probably packed)

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

http://zrlvpzitixl.819oofgi.com/eerXlYUONCLqW7uAfLeJve_IzLPZNv9LO8v42ZjxwLOQFT5fnTqPeExuPgnpDNTu9HOkP0U6FUZlfZ7L3Rnr-1KGiPHYenC5YAmnr5dhFRxRelYk6ypZKnPFYK4YkHIlTe9DXk7omTmZUyFmgruAEw

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