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 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 ttb.lpmxp2190.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
5a2274dbbc869f6d4d14a16cfa59c0e4

SHA-1:
8c1cb86c6c8e69d1b0a75441a1be354a145e6b2b

SHA-256:
f6928e4ca7831a8b24ab6d5c1cac4d1fb81c4121bc42a1f126ee9fdee7448789

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 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 12:32:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.2.21

File size:
1.3 MB (1,353,728 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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 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:
9/25/2014 11:55:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2prt9au8OGecdnpCmHPaKkdxyHPHVs/twDy0YxbHcvvO48a:2wdnBTkdx6HVs/+8xeF

Entry address:
0x7686

Entry point:
E8, 1D, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, A6, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 20, 0D, 46, 00, FF, 15, D0, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 14, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, BE, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, D5, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 15, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 98, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 54, 7A, 45, 00, E8, 8F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, A4, DC, 45, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 4C, 7A...
 
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Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

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

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