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 34 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 itlllie5r.fkmz1vn3.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e3d1bbd03f0b40bdf30785aee30ae06a

SHA-1:
d1e810ff0df9ce3b8cac565a12aa565e3713be3f

SHA-256:
69884471a596640fc3267406f9702191b4880372ac9c4213450f2e3e3df1579c

Scanner detections:
34 / 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 12:29:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.19

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aonb
7.11.218.106

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150319

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3166

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.390

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21460

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.DownLoader11.36367
9.0.1.078

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
8.15.03.20.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.R potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SoftPulse
3/19/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-42cf8173
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.201.15310

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.03.19.05

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6822

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.234

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dijywg
0.30.8.659

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
11.20150320

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.19.05

Quick Heal
Trojan.CoreBuzus.A5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.19.5

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.12

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.78

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.19

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

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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