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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.b5o0309.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
23a9994da67b8b7efd7fc57aa1c03af3

SHA-1:
53aad6069e9f9a9963562cad99d0f1b194904a6b

SHA-256:
c4c96d2760f1431abecf5d37897fa495f43b209c02692b713328f39b34d022ed

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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 12:55:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.7.13.20

File size:
1.2 MB (1,227,712 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:
9/23/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
10/14/2014 6:40:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:aSGxzDKw6w2qa3LgMc8SLFDY/8LeS2899E7D3AYNACMzb7noKcxl4B6obXWRAfby:Txw8wFDY3wE3wY6cxI6gWUbIwMLHf/

Entry address:
0x763E

Entry point:
E8, D5, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, AE, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 40, AD, 44, 00, FF, 15, D8, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, CC, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 76, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 8D, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, CD, 47, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A0, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, C8, 13, 44, 00, E8, 47, 2F, 00, 00, 68, CC, 76, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C0, 13...
 
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Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

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

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