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 13 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 ttb.lpmxp2111.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dd4b7012b8455b9996f83165c3114440

SHA-1:
6a084cbc2c4553ad412c9a9f7636680f876cb8a4

SHA-256:
b9ba8972e8e558377fc4d31fd4fd6fcd5b3da6adbf5621f4454d21d0fb3f7df8

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
12/25/2024 12:54:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
513

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-150909

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.DownLoader11.24441
9.0.1.0252

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
8.15.09.09.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-09-09_4

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.9.9.15

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.1452

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6647

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
11.20150909

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPluginSl.Bundler (M)
15.8.4.7

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40552

File size:
1.3 MB (1,373,928 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:
8/14/2014 10:04:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NS6Cqp3hVbl9HxvLhgAFlMlCcmpElsnevdxK1Npb:cqp3LDxdg4lMASl9dxKn5

Entry address:
0x3DF6

Entry point:
E8, 09, 27, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, F4, 95, 41, 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, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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

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