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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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.lpmxp609.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3a369bbbdaa4a0f8cfeba58746cffdfb

SHA-1:
9a943720e28ce58518fcffcc92ecc76a1784db5c

SHA-256:
690aef6c4f7a33ef10c9321dc2413e5209cbf4d2732b9c35335ce33dff553a35

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 9:47:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
857

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-V [PUP]
2014.9-140807

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3390

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
1.0.20.1365

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.3888
9.0.1.0219

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
8.14.09.30.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
11.2014-30-09_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of driver_updater.exe (Adware)
2014.9.30.21

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13086

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3171

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7046

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.61140
15.0.0.819

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.ddthbj
0.28.2.61519

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.07.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.8.7.10

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

File size:
1.2 MB (1,236,240 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:
7/14/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 2:59:59 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:
8/7/2014 11:13:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8Q7ewqp6yPM2lX2DTYXXDVVkR2ou2LnOgdhNai:8f4yU2wDiXDe2/2/D

Entry address:
0x89D0

Entry point:
E8, 7F, 1F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 40, 50, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, AC, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, A0, 80, 43...
 
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Entropy:
7.7562  (probably packed)

Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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

http://www.lpmxp609.com/.../Setup.exe

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