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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:
7750386a987b6164ff466b7373d5237a

SHA-1:
e173d50e0e392e7b7532a778c5cbe7f52fc187da

SHA-256:
d8298d2f728df12314356a6f1dd264f09ceb8a892ed04953122717cb41adebbb

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 8:46:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.7.7.20

File size:
678.6 KB (694,912 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:
7/14/2015 1:08:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2Q+8YcSdcdp7GqDd7o4YINDz6/AAgYShiuFfIihBtwVabCMUA4+6vlF7g:6iSmrpDd75d68hiuF5H8abCMUN+YlFc

Entry address:
0x1C1F90

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/kl3-UtPEwQKfDJZON6uAmGeQK47ctTsHg2FT9KkK9p3b9RND776krELbOuAxRW6D-DZFVJfVK9XJYAzp_1eDMH4GsIrtoWzEk7pD-LTiRdO7i4fT-PBy9OBDOHM-8zmQNEj_vSYulhT7jTef-6vyKy8v1m3rRCn3IAHv_GI9YZXbrdjluTY8JNwS7xVGzGFOiY7xxIQ3iXsqyuwAEP8aILpn5p5fZRyDsCAO36CqCEnAy5bWGxLHyrshs9_ovM2zTXVtSFFSlwpIlhNAkW3HXmqEQAA0iWrd8b-Snsv3vTGIcezjVdpL4tiDQ8E9EBrjT1fhxjQcsCj9yH5TBS7gOGP8x_lvjWuRxZdr0K6hFL1FLMPQzZuWUpY5-n0Hps1tBr9Be2pCUeWVyKi3OPVJ4jbKnXUeOv2-qC6F7xKgfbQ

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