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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.hitfilesoftwareget.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1069380a9ae9584a707e20b60f5c2fcc

SHA-1:
3291471ef8c13b8a04e927c1c3ec687d8fcc796c

SHA-256:
a077b0c7b69a292866c28c72eaceeae0eb4a1a2a082f6ef8a032e234d9d72189

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 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:
11/25/2024 3:31:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.29.21

File size:
585.9 KB (599,968 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/6/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/5/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=GUIA DE ISORA, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
64D481E288350B6CBBECF091BAFA549F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/22/2015 7:01:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:LotMF3FgVl0oUgBkDHZoxsUIyDKDZ5r5ZKEqVIjD/CWcSfzmCIWz2gCUnkviUd0/:LotMgVTVeysiDKu63//pfNhVkvL56GK

Entry address:
0x1A13CF

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.8972

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,102,336 bytes)

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

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