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 kyle.mxp2398.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
142939fe3b2ed13fc394fa4b07863fca

SHA-1:
5ef8adb20f28b45255c25d30472a465b873b0145

SHA-256:
6ea88d6e0426a704b484daec2e259390da3728bd93b47922edfe491e5fd6f73a

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
11/25/2024 4:57:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493850
794

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.12.03

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.oank
7.11.190.0

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141130-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3272

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493850
1.0.20.1680

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-8
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
20268

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34565
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493850
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
12/2/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-9a61795c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493850
11.2014-02-12_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493850
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.186.14210

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.12.02.09

McAfee
SoftPulse.a
5600.6928

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.493850
15.0.0.1008

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwrxn
0.28.6.63850

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.02.09

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.12.2.21

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35224

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13653
2.0.0.1997

File size:
1.3 MB (1,401,272 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:
5/26/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
9/26/2014 12:49:56 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MeKezF165g5l/gwb9+gBT4PRIQLCLdDRhRrMSKMjZZteTfu4MMDidM:MwrHbnBMFCLFRh1uw38d

Entry address:
0x7C20

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, DE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A0, 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, 9C, 46, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 94, AA, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 94, 46, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Code size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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