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 ttb.lpmxp2190.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
280d28deb285efd4db223a622484c2d3

SHA-1:
ece59c0ec8478ec87b48e2d40e09b40cdf4ab458

SHA-256:
ad1a3975ba7696bde127827e3790da4a069c0c96e3161b7b9d60879b6f6a0a3f

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 '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:
11/25/2024 12:51:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.20.1

File size:
1.3 MB (1,353,680 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2015 1:59:59 AM

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

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

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/25/2014 11:55:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2prt9au8OGecdnpCmHPaKkdxyHPHVs/twDy0YxbHcvvO482:2wdnBTkdx6HVs/+8xep

Entry address:
0x7686

Entry point:
E8, 1D, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, A6, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 20, 0D, 46, 00, FF, 15, D0, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 14, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, BE, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, D5, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 15, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 98, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 54, 7A, 45, 00, E8, 8F, 2F, 00, 00, 68, A4, DC, 45, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 4C, 7A...
 
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Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

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