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 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dhe.downloadfreemediaconverter.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eccf26d21f883fb6d1cf5ead2aa2a807

SHA-1:
db4e4ee06bfc163990e52a0e30b8a49bdc728f45

SHA-256:
ca04964a29af476106aa8a2d92b3e21cd0ce7b41c14cb6b63c39ed5c9102e2e7

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
12/26/2024 10:17:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11857486
854

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.10.04

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.176.142

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3332

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11857486
1.0.20.1380

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-44
0.98/19476

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.40191
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11857486
8.14.10.03.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10508

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11857486
11.2014-03-10_6

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11857486
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13550

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
v2014.10.03.08

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6988

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11857486
15.0.0.828

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dfjvlg
0.28.2.62440

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.03.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSL.F
14.10.3.20

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33624

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13299
2.0.0.1942

File size:
1.3 MB (1,355,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2014 5:17:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:hDASdSysJOcj0VQpWbl7s2LP0CXuiAayiWASALUgv2j6R6XEVeRs9HgVfg:mSQtk2zQytkgis6yx

Entry address:
0x6BEA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 30, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, 49, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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

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