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 27 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.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
da484c306d5833c2eb9b1e85272b56d8

SHA-1:
aa0c570a03dd124fb864c02f998d01f65a63168e

SHA-256:
1be249f77d0cfa2878aadd4c790009ca1b5d612391bd2076571297df9e80a0c6

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ download installer to bundle various adware offers.

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 4:55:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
843

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.10.15

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Strictor.62516.2
7.11.178.60

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3321

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
1.0.20.1435

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-763955
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.W
19801

Dr.Web
Adware.W3i.56
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.62516
14.10.14

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-0b77e0af
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
11.2014-14-10_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13676

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.14.02

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6977

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.46906
15.0.0.861

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dedrfa
0.28.2.62671

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.10.14.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11556
2.0.0.1955

File size:
1.5 MB (1,583,312 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:
8/22/2014 4:02:36 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tPEzeDWtazKrcVWv+FjisSOZYjmOdXQ+ARZoQWnQUwMlds0VwI/9M9:FIwwImsMqQA57oQWcGdsyE

Entry address:
0x9A5F

Entry point:
E8, A9, 29, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, 98, A1, 48, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 03, E8, 27, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, 1A, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, B3, 48, 00, 01, 75, 16, 68, FC, 00, 00, 00, E8, 31, 00, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 27, 00, 00, 00, 59, 59, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 08, 33...
 
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Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

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

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