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 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 www.lpmxp2070.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
25d12cb7169bd000bcef6a587bb14fc7

SHA-1:
9c76c0e54dd70872b76f12e5a0410e155a8a7c79

SHA-256:
762b8206747714c8ad294b2650288d132e02c72c1b2da9b19ba339a4c088f081

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 1:46:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.22.0

File size:
1.3 MB (1,365,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/20/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/21/2015 7:59:59 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:
56A14602FE05DCEF0C5161F45F3065B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/26/2014 2:35:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Sbnzd/8NTSOnB257prp2Aj2zapBn5pBN95A61puc0NAvAYDhptl:kjT57Bbt7nH7uc0+vtP/

Entry address:
0x6586

Entry point:
E8, 74, 43, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, B5, 13, 00, 00, FF, 35, 10, 6D, 46, 00, FF, 15, CC, 40, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 6B, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 82, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 99, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, D9, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A6, 13, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, A4, E1, 45, 00, E8, A8, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 80, 3B, 46, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 9C, E1...
 
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Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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

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