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 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from hjlatl5q.fkmz1vn3.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4456eee35060300ed754a5bdd8f4f6b5

SHA-1:
bc0e7363e702e543a5c05d2ca155d9f7497f435d

SHA-256:
0011dc715c3fc16a50eff2f2cba4bc1c05bdd524bcc4e48ae453f1f3d108b16a

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
11/7/2024 1:37:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
688

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
150319-1

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.R potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.201.15310

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2324

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.06.24.09

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6821

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.525

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Quick Heal
Trojan.CoreBuzus.A5
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.19.5

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38552

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.23306
2.0.0.2105

File size:
908 KB (929,752 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:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/6/2014 1:52:56 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6K19ei2dtXrSSBskx7ZTwxFW0++qzxm/YNPwzAIdsWc2piQra27yH9y:foxSSF7ZTw7W1xm/YxGAIdeSif0yH

Entry address:
0x10066

Entry point:
E8, 5D, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 70, 25, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 48, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 62, 7B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
158 KB (161,792 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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