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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from az852137.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5f52e8f239a3f5fbe47771d034019617

SHA-1:
e59c54e2a2987fa6a761b2d361ee41ec4d155939

SHA-256:
b9ff0b46d6d7b17224ccae1dcbd7ea8fc0d39d090319d85e113173bf1afd5efe

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 1:44:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.7.14.18

File size:
1.2 MB (1,256,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/6/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/5/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=GUIA DE ISORA, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
64D481E288350B6CBBECF091BAFA549F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/12/2016 9:14:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:M24cktv7Bj1kcww+G3gMrQ7Q7u+RgZD6mbVIpqiX48Yi/Xl:M2ktIc/R2F6pdo8f1

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, AC, 35, 88, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 35, 52, D3, B3, B1, AB, CA, 19, 98, 9F, F7, 67, BC, D8, B6, 63, 40, 58, 50, C2, 00, C6, CD, 31, 2E, 62, 79, 13, F8, 45, 28, 9B, 97, 46, 7E, E0, 3A, B4, 15, 53, DD, DD, 14, A7, 0C, A0, 7E, A0, 43, 73, AF, 7B, D7, 53, 3F, 8D, CB, 62, 29, 62, 3D, E9, A2, 79, 86, 3B, 3B, 67, 79, A3, D1, 32, 79, 32, 51, 0A, 67, 4B, 42, 90, CF, 88, 2E, 89, 89, 3C, 04, 78, B2, 78, DD, FE, E8...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,763,200 bytes)

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

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