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 22 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 www.lpmxp23.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
93ddd1c7aee1e72c6077dcc802762e80

SHA-1:
4dd7be695113ab39153d9e658ba255bcede95669

SHA-256:
16e80bee681aefce7db443c2283db3844bf50c561959515ec552c923436dab3d

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
12/27/2024 3:59:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
946

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-BRE [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3424

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
1.0.20.925

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-2
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Softpulse.A
18759

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26972
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-04-07_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12612

McAfee
CryptDomaIQ
5600.7080

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.5
15.0.0.555

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MLW.dbbifl
0.28.0.60577

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.04.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.7.4.5

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.194608
2.0.0.1845

File size:
790.5 KB (809,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/23/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/24/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/27/2014 6:26:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IawlctMtfAMwPUNjZqh5etJpruJxxjTc/jHsPDaYsk3:Iaw16MwPejQetYjTc/sz

Entry address:
0x4D429

Entry point:
E8, EA, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 40, 36, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, D2, 0C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 93, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, B2, 06, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73, 0E, E8, F1, 35, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, AD...
 
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Code size:
454.5 KB (465,408 bytes)

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

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