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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 kyle.mxp2393.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
46685c58d15b541427ab9fb91d7d04b1

SHA-1:
51b338531d57ecf3466f0e4175aa104f76f5e184

SHA-256:
311da4e45e3c967f6ca68d4570d0e665b362922194d85c144a046a0d99e39971

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 3:58:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.ED
790

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.10.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.176.88

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140924

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3341

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.ED
1.0.20.1700

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-46
0.98/19469

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34807
9.0.1.0340

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11807553
8.14.12.06.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.TVJF!tr
9/24/2014

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.ED
11.2014-06-12_7

G Data
Application.Bundler.ED
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.6.18

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13550

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3201

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2014.09.24.07

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6997

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/Softpulse
1.11005

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.ED
15.0.0.1020

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dflmyv
0.28.2.62440

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1367056
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.24.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.K
14.9.24.17

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13361
2.0.0.1941

File size:
1.3 MB (1,367,056 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 SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
9/23/2014 8:52:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jGjJZtAXaMb5YpCCNAfGU64giomYhXlZwVBhVS+JbIHICWKotTn+Y:jGNZpbmfLRgioDXz+BhA3SvVnx

Entry address:
0x6D2E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 4C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 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, 30, B7, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 30, B7, 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 2 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp2393.com/o72PSHD3KH8xAOtOEO4sMkPikA-BN_3CGnij89ccq1r8tT1M5d2Q1ulsxosC8r50geoDr26nJpLTXranmoO_9vQwrEwYJgnVTf6sMPMeh0Ksbwoxb28nVSL1wT6uNlMC?sbb=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

http://ttb.lpmxp2188.com/download/request/.../xb9onqTr?__tc=1411511037.852&lpsl=136c83dddf7aa489b37f6c9fab4f45cf&expire=1411597436&PubID=208429&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.prosoftlst.com&ClickID=11158922171411511036&fileName=Setup

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