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chromesetup.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 chromesetup.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ae2ec3b5182f3e8604a9c235b37681db

SHA-1:
debf7c89dce7d7406cd670508a63d16f9149d27c

SHA-256:
b9d8ddcae5877a199a4dec988ca92271324eed89558e7ea8985dfe6e49d399bc

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:
5/3/2024 6:06:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.4.9.2

File size:
679.6 KB (695,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
4ED5D9A2F23912A93AD2937C038B77F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2015 10:14:21 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ARO2Q8Iu71MZvr2ymO6l4S+obhFIVgFmO/oG3G+zQmS+Lrv7KXpQB9EzDk8BAZ0x:Sm88Kjh4SnbMKFmO/osPTS8v7KXpQBqZ

Entry address:
0x1C2320

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...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

http://admin.mymagnofile.com/LQkYrXVokON6bJ4EYSuJO3ujiz7f8wuHJegQBOPcdNPN1IQeGVZ-grylM5xvrR6z13iICe9KYfYFxlOYTMv3ZYUcM0NkzLN5sAUceV5adVTaHL6mTNcmypQb8Pgstt2UxeOqPYba_5Y0fixrgafwt90JyQPuuzZq6Zzi1bEpMM96JZXt7nmkPnlJydEB8u-rck4Ga-2Jz6QYnMxJhdcNs7fvd1pNJk7jW3ggkXOh_-Pgbm9jyp1Oz3be_0PWbuDUGL3zLIgiPkPtbXGwtje3M2I8oqX7nvIEdRVUAKnZxuHpK52WW4oNQT0yP-ygTh3b_xwWUu8Sc9JacnRJ1zy5-JWgkkrrt0xWOrUK9A8LT0_cNJKKFglyYi_NE0vGMt5r2NBbFAXI6JpQr7-JRTrWVYyNENdC3jk-zm8GwqTWf3E

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