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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 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2318.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
df345b291248186d709beab6a696c08f

SHA-1:
32e4e6a30d70e83a559bcd2010ee8d3e82c45d2e

SHA-256:
72be5a99958dfaf6a56195f8eed2156efd01f7b8dcf66f1c2763a281142cbb02

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
1/10/2025 5:35:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.20

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Trojan-gen
2014.9-140914

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3352

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-33
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.0257

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.AVST!tr
11/10/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-022719ea
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Softpulse
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player.exe (Adware)
2014.11.11.1

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13727

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3253

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.09.14.07

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.7008

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.decuha
0.28.2.62671

Norman
Malware
11.20140914

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1137888
14.10.19.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.14.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.14.6

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11461
2.0.0.1959

File size:
1.1 MB (1,137,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin S.l.

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:
8/20/2014 2:30:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YF/QS8oTXrxf4XQjfxYE3ncjq5E8TIc4+nDCgq:YNHTtf4XkQq5E8gQ2T

Entry address:
0x4DF6

Entry point:
E8, 29, 26, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, 14, 96, 41, 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, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 14, 96, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp2318.com/C61NX4lqONjP8JZwWU40yvVdzJqiB3QLJvdJkoEgJXHz8K00VWm3fBRRIjjwCnSI-DjtjfVpgr4zvUzWKJ79kEhwozPhWI1o5qSJiTrWc9v9AEkF2Wpg4BKLXhvuySic?sbb=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

http://ttb.lpmxp2125.com/download/request/.../pGQ7tZMY?__tc=1408570721.937&lpsl=8faa62fb1590ca470856d05d170e1c14&expire=1408657097&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwnllistsoft.com&ClickID=Ym89MSZzbGlkPTAmc3ViaWQ9NTUwMiZzbz0xJmNpY21wPTE4OTgxOCZwdWJpZD05MDUwJmNpcGlkPTQ0NzAwMCZjaXNpZD1DMzkyNjNBM0VFMzczMzEzMTA5MDEzNjI3MCZjaXJpZD1DMzkyNjNBM0VFMzczMzE0ODI2MTI0MDAxJmNpdWlkPS0yODIwMTI2ODkxNTMyMTEzNjI0JmNyaWQ9MTE3NjYxOCZleGNpZD0yMiZtbXQ9LTEmY250cnk9MjAw&PubID=9050-5502&fileName=Setup

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