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 admin.jmagno.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4e49f5c7370ec3b28bda74da5f080b85

SHA-1:
e9db133275f3486267ae72c7755d655e98b7ab63

SHA-256:
3876b9a7b36a00d3eb89369e1aabf88b5e9b0d18bfe5c1ca4d2aafbf097563b5

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 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:
11/12/2024 7:37:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.3.8.22

File size:
678.4 KB (694,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/26/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
63B78976E4F16AA4AC250388162DD349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2015 4:50:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DwEZxZLDznQwo5unUeArTE5yjgcy7LxOuH9/7HPuXRZ8dzfPtfdeEvnrvdXZPThs:EEZxZLHnQwOunXLpvwuVbKz81VfTFXZO

Entry address:
0x1C2410

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, ED, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.8430

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security