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 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2340.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
77c72d3418f2dc89f994f94ac86a5335

SHA-1:
c33ace614de8b53de72ba254fb54a3e0395c60a8

SHA-256:
93661f2e408daa01a178c37d4c59b3241d650764fbd5dc654d6460d2b2925970

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 4:20:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
886

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.02

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen8
7.11.170.84

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3364

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
1.0.20.1220

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.H
19389

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.29457
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor
11.2014-01-09_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13230

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.09.01.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.7020

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.62662
15.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dejvde
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.01.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.1.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

File size:
1.4 MB (1,458,408 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:
8/29/2014 9:40:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zrK6dClXmekxlm1dl4r260n4dz0as5jc3AZ1COwiUP/5lq8A4:zrBew72604doSw6ewb

Entry address:
0x69D4

Entry point:
E8, 27, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F0, C0, 47, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 25, 48, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 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, 74, DF, 47, 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, F8, C0, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 74, DF, 47, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6026

Code size:
76.5 KB (78,336 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 19 URLs.

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