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. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2397.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d18c38ce47ed7df102f54ce70ed155ef

SHA-1:
48e5b349fd21280d5177bada4509a8695c5addf1

SHA-256:
08cd0458df9d6b952414f2233f085ad2404fdd1d130584f9b9a9d9a161bfb825

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
11/25/2024 7:01:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11832517
844

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.10.14

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.178.32

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3322

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11832517
1.0.20.1435

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-794841
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.35292
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11832517
8.14.10.14.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10560

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
10/14/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-67cbb562
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11832517
11.2014-14-10_3

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11832517
14.10.24

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

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.183.13662

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.14.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6978

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11832517
15.0.0.861

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dfwlue
0.28.2.62671

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.11832517
14.10.14.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.14.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.14.6

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13438
2.0.0.1954

File size:
1.2 MB (1,309,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/25/2014 5:37:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iMdktVSlvog5hp3gzBCsX1lq7xHZB0bTcpg9ZgYejEzOWa03NHI68mk:iMdkS6IsXkRX0bQEgYe709hu

Entry address:
0x6D2E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 6C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 70, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, FC, DF, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, FC, DF, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Code size:
78.5 KB (80,384 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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