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setup.exe

Digital Plugin S.l.

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 S.l has been detected as adware by 33 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp2317.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin S.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
179e05b94948fdbc84015910307f142c

SHA-1:
fdb8b206597b3add84566383830ffd8ca3ca36c1

SHA-256:
331b357e67a66bdf0f482ce98e4df227bd3cade4e9b88e9d8539cc94b5dadb53

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/25/2024 1:00:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
6175498

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.12.18

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.oanm
7.11.196.118

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
1.0.20.1755

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.J
20398

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3, Trojan.DownLoader11.24441
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.AVAS!tr
12/17/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-022719ea
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14368

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ.Gen
v2014.12.17.02

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
15.0.0.1053

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.ddviag
0.28.6.64267

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.C
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.1373920
14.12.17.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.17.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Trojan.Buzus.A4
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DigitalPluginSl.F
14.12.17.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.11263
2.0.0.2007

File size:
1.3 MB (1,373,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin S.l.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
229111B20CCF13394E8E6CA9EAB4121F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2014 1:04:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9S6Cqp3hVbl9HxvLhgAFlMlCcmpElsnevdxK1NpS:Mqp3LDxdg4lMASl9dxKnA

Entry address:
0x3DF6

Entry point:
E8, 09, 27, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6726

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://kyle.mxp2317.com/YBfDOu8BsnezevH3VW136Uix3WZWvXlI6MxM2n8r6d9XoYAU4FtbD7vkGASKKLB7Bp3bo-hdhlmJOL6yctmi8XJzQoT_zp8PwskZoBoeHZAPxsIX6ubLWBeQIgbWvBxP?sbb=MyVeb72N5lINjWK2k3kGxtgXH1BFEJOBoSir9Sfr8Jmz4drgFjuTLIV2b8yg76cH0c68g69qlWuAwAROd46k8vezOl2XLx4lUAlGR2Yis5e0i3D6ZVnMgg1T6PC34biKDAsvUc8E3wiTI4POXigWygYXHdNcWKj8qdILcWdSqpMCnK2cbt0xMVbp4Qh6wiyqUqT6yhtH4BqsMrQUAnhZjHIbzmKQ0xObfH7xT2Hr4aIsukBmq1kmDA7unQGPb0QifpP9FaTqC0Oapofuchhg7mwF8Kd26NXy29LPBwJOjukwohT2MJWuiS3biYOoWvXIjwPJhBEDH8zMfHQZHezUOmlQ6djzvqLzKF38ftwbyymA8Mp9Yt16HPONUPLCG2yrtaPFIFNml9zAyyitpe843c80XJ7BvsuTlGmHM3pFQYohuoZisHkCU4dcYgA4EwcWGhk6ycprTqTIfHgI4bjzuodQGzhpdF3FF7pAfjd20Bev2sFbAyzDw5aESMxm6NK6p7anGCfgJWCyaojwvFSUNeQmzuSALJ3iXl5q0AbEoPxvHFLbrXwawzW4dvbmXpaJHnM096LEe3ZiwikqdyJk27WsNpGUlwushb8jCtwjUCbMbHgoZbVJNEsGwZtotKUgF5uB4BFMjXbfA7K5TuempArC2ylqQm6vmgz2RKEFmiKNVaWaYXAJbDPDqbY58TdWJi6tqBhuVFv6Kptd2DY88fI1kfQ8RMF7ird4csIp3wVP1O8ciqnFFkIeVCB19900yv7kKqfqdzpO8mcoV8wpNTXWntqIhmFRA4SyziTJ8MRHoNtm4PRJpqaVr2UKJYbTdi490Lc3jVf

http://ttb.lpmxp2111.com/download/request/.../wTCNI6k5?__tc=1408307081.894&lpsl=d19999ca0d53d015ba43f35ddffefc82&expire=1408386812&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwnlultimate.com&ClickID=16270628071408300411&PubID=307190&fileName=Setup

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