setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l 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.mxp2364.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a9e9ad6bdca6a04f50f38cc5b4e30c2e

SHA-1:
5c01b297b88ee592673328263e0bca2d365f0f67

SHA-256:
51286ff2278dbeb6e2ae4dca7bec42e61e4538c5bd23b36ee4124a541f6a8fe0

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
11/8/2024 12:30:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
865

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Trojan/Inject.1526984
2014.09.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.171.128

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140922

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3343

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
1.0.20.1325

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-40
0.98/19419

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.GEE
19585

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30734
9.0.1.0265

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
8.14.09.22.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10393

F-Prot
W32/A-3c050bc3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.5.0

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13319

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3211

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.22.07

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6999

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.T
15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.deniau
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Malware
11.20140922

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1527016
14.09.22.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.22.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.K
14.9.22.18

Sophos
Adware.Smart Secure Software
55

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12175
2.0.0.1917

File size:
1.5 MB (1,527,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin S.l., O=Digital Plugin S.l., 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/4/2014 9:32:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:m5IM/V0deM5lZ2ykPYMkrQ1OrWaRyv2PBcSL+L5/+FMoQl/ugQWiBdrfO+a+K:cIBfvMkrNrf0u3qdaNLgQWiO+q

Entry address:
0x5A07

Entry point:
E8, 41, 2A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B...
 
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Code size:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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