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 3rlgdro7bwyd.tyo8hbshm6.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
9cb33de76bd94762d7c892cd42368d20

SHA-1:
5ecfc4dc532d400713f9551c47d1ec13d0ded7a3

SHA-256:
2b7c1246bdf6703ad2b315ff828b991987ae34d2a4b5600e9407c7c57b9218c9

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:
11/8/2024 3:18:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OLQ
831

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.10.27

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.181.132

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AI [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AW
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.OLQ
1.0.20.1500

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-20730
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
19914

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.35292
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.OLQ
8.14.10.27.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10624

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.UUTA!tr
10/27/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-a1299ecf
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OLQ
11.2014-27-10_2

G Data
Adware.Agent.OLQ
14.10.24

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13805

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.27.01

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6965

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OLQ
15.0.0.900

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dfuinr
0.28.2.62841

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OLQ
14.10.26.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.27.0

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13585
2.0.0.1967

File size:
1.3 MB (1,388,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

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:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 6:59:59 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:
9/29/2014 6:36:45 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TssvOxBnSZWbYZCfOf/6XSIgmdofIaZnRbkY+kOz:TKSZWJfOH6pDdofIa/xK

Entry address:
0x7D80

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, 9E, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 08, 07, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 1C, 6C, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 00, 07, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5784

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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

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