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 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2373.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e6d6009ff2639ef36686beaf8cfbf768

SHA-1:
cf6cdf301454a8ac5e5c3aba2e913e84b920a626

SHA-256:
2a675fcf73b6761da91b2ad13c633c49bcdce81322aff8b8ee5310a91c634e06

Scanner detections:
28 / 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 11:11:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
793

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.11

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Zusy.102357
7.11.171.148

avast!
Win32:GenMalicious-RJ [PUP]
2014.9-140921

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3271

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
1.0.20.1685

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-10733
0.98/19410

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32266
9.0.1.0264

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
8.14.09.21.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10396

F-Prot
W32/A-b1785c80
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
11.2014-03-12_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
14.12.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.3.21

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DigitalPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13333

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.3217

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.12.03.04

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6927

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.102357
15.0.0.1011

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.depjjw
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.03.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.9.21.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12454
2.0.0.1929

File size:
1.2 MB (1,255,592 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:
7/13/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 8:59:59 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:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/8/2014 5:02:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:dbkiGUv38BEDWRR2cU1kPLtOF5Tr287ZTPcyAKYP+y42CT:yqvCEaRkca2Yb/3PmKxqq

Entry address:
0x97AF

Entry point:
E8, 31, 2A, 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, 91, 43, 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, AF, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, F8, 01, 74, 15, 6A, 03, E8, A2, 29, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 1F, 83, 3D, 08, A3, 43, 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 KB (77,824 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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