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

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
137138d17b5f824bda2964ec34ce324a

SHA-1:
3d7734ebfba9ee319aa1d09fcfa6968a9486a467

SHA-256:
9a66b25390d5816c4359016622462e2fc52443e01b1b3badd28faab825240c30

Scanner detections:
30 / 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 6:01:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
816

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.10.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.20
7.11.180.32

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AM [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3294

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1570

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-799612
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19912

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10594

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VORX!tr
11/10/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-942bb0f2
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-10-11_2

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
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.10.12

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6950

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.0.0.942

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dguxty
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Kryptik.CDHN
11.20141110

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1209704
14.10.24.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.10.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.11.10.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.DriverUpd
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.14751
2.0.0.1967

File size:
1.2 MB (1,230,784 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:cQiuMT98w+0d82/wG4ZqItFPqh6pZRj35fdcuIM:c/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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