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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 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2334.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
163b31fd1d753bed7a3ca2cfc856195c

SHA-1:
606b054c3979ebffdb3dd0fdd4290573bd61c503

SHA-256:
52126d3e8743ea69b22e36e6d52b5936902228fc20dd916b90dfca9574092867

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
11/25/2024 7:01:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
877

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Agent.djcr.8
7.11.170.44

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AC [PUP]
2014.9-140911

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3355

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
1.0.20.1270

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.H
19479

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.29457
9.0.1.0254

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
8.14.09.11.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-2e7f3c3f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor
11.2014-11-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(3).exe (Adware)
2014.11.4.3

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigitalPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13218

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3268

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
v2014.09.11.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7011

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
15.0.0.762

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.deipgw
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.11.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.11.7

Sophos
Adware.SoftPulse
5.05

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11838
2.0.0.1917

File size:
1.4 MB (1,510,048 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 S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
8/27/2014 6:51:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:yKWQBT4nVU85afaniK/792DxAA4PNn0DLg78E2y2R3rh+Zx1kyFx:yNQJJ2B2WZd0DUGf3d+ZLkyz

Entry address:
0x6994

Entry point:
E8, 27, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, 90, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 25, 48, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, AF, 48, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F8, 90, 48, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, AF, 48, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5828

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2334.com/6S-jxBTzKQ1ezes3Pnqa4p6ZdXDXgzuwuXlxBcXdha6xvObfy-qhRLa4UXbv9txXFjfotbr2aPIdVoPLrXJremAY6jWsYHckmPszEY-y2WGZDlvFfBs5cPhext-HET8K?sbb=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

http://ttb.lpmxp2136.com/download/request/.../llCB4Edv?__tc=1409240355.122&lpsl=2fa1f6c9fb22c37aa8c5c1be4874ed2f&expire=1409326726&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dlultimatesoft.com&PubID=104&tid=lax1CPPP2vX5ypqEeBACGM-X3obfvPrtCyIJNzEuODQuMi41KAEw_pn9nwU.&pid=104&ref=clickated.com&ClickID=M_1196687877f4d05d3b461409240325&sid=M_1196687877f4d05d3b461409240325&fileName=Setup

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