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:
b3b3eb4c494d63524fe02c9cd65c82c9

SHA-1:
f20dd565e833529d582490f66ecdc658aef46f23

SHA-256:
fbf2cfe54d3213ab48340b71087487b93388d7d9101cd3738d8fee8bebb00fe3

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 12:28:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.2.18

File size:
1.3 MB (1,353,736 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:
5/25/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 8:59:59 PM

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 6:55:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Gprt9au8OGecdnpCmHPaKkdxyHPHVs/twDy0YxbHcvvO48l:GwdnBTkdx6HVs/+8xeK

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)

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

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