setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

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.U has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from softerium5.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5457b07d52ff960f082c08990a2f3bf2

SHA-1:
6eced4ef2c346f52992634c03f9ed5f79cdb1bc0

SHA-256:
71da6045155409678b2c75dd9c27fc27a37bdbf0949faccd0467d20cbce1813d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
12/26/2024 1:04:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALPLUGINU.Bundler (M)
16.1.31.2

File size:
1.2 MB (1,260,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
579CAB2F48D0A522A31BFED50C25C532

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/19/2015 1:27:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:a1n2oeePAAV2gNRQt3MuQWFZwtiOqk4PP4TSzN0PwnC37g00KfZltXozE:UP37G3xPwtnqk7TSzCInCLn0qZl5L

Entry address:
0x47749B

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,758,080 bytes)

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

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