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 31 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 cghipzu0myfb.79six9fo.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
8b5a78d4e7bd893eb66e9706b47d1254

SHA-1:
370614b8f7376395695344c71888ae0515aa5e12

SHA-256:
3d8e258a8c7e12de32640cd943d854918f6eae83e4ff573d3be31508e6887c04

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/7/2024 6:24:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
5835096

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.10.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.20
7.11.179.192

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AM [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3280

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1645

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-30249
0.98/19652

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19896

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.P potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VORX!tr
11/25/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-a0bac488
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-25-11_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.25.06

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6936

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.987

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dguxty
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Kryptik.CDHN
11.20141125

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1209704
14.10.24.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.25.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.11.25.6

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DriverUpd
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.14911
2.0.0.1966

File size:
1.2 MB (1,230,808 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
10/16/2014 12:33:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1QiuMT98w+0d82/wG4ZqItFPqh6pZRj35fdcuIM:1/T9N2zsItFa6pZqu

Entry address:
0x7BC7

Entry point:
E8, DC, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 40, BD, 44, 00, FF, 15, C8, 60, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, D3, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 7D, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 94, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D4, 47, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A7, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 18, 24, 44, 00, E8, 4E, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 7C, 88, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 10, 24...
 
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Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

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

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