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 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp628.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
65e5d0524f833dac6b96557457862f81

SHA-1:
a9538d51acdb13b38e6744bef9c002b6f437b1ce

SHA-256:
c7114abe9812a670b1106c3cee4708d33ce74c4ae09598126cb648b17781eb14

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
11/8/2024 8:11:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Agent.djcr.4
7.11.169.74

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-Z [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4007

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13160

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.08.26.05

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7027

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.26.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.8.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32210

File size:
1.1 MB (1,120,488 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:
8/25/2014 12:19:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:AjmOYKa/TY9ZPFXntEi+m/ZWOLB28TS3985qEeP02w5:AqvkHZt7+mBWABf2026

Entry address:
0x4E06

Entry point:
E8, 29, 26, 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, 14, 96, 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, 14, 96, 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:
60 KB (61,440 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

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