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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 firefox.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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a5289cc4f237991cd3f5fbbdee60c325

SHA-1:
cc8f219a2756e87c7b80da5ce055392f0e7969e3

SHA-256:
94e2c44d2afadc0c320dba2d16532649aef517d2dd1b69baed95dd14158fa629

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 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:
5/3/2024 1:15:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.7.6.23

File size:
580 KB (593,968 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/27/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
7/10/2015 7:33:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rPkZnNZwi3ZlYq/jVIO00rY/qMdb4GtcZy7HyLXz3v/Os3eSPclCR0g:jKN+qlYKjVz00rYiMd8z3vmsuSPc0R0g

Entry address:
0x1BF40B

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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

http://admin.mymagnofile.com/U8rG4XgYdf5mTPCv3xxiYxycA3J9HvDLuoW458li0CNoadzkQkwIk37c8QDXXuD1nN2Ru1GO1QUTQ_Jm5nuffMzKauEZvJAU2mpwxy7FgsqRmKq9RQZzhGJpBk_H8hGcc6I2kLaLmsCWrZdyVTDT_bMlhXrDuDVOTv8Dr4CaZ2w-3OorJD3_iEXvv0KOqKFetxEILnWx5tB3EBsYMQYFgD1jkH3pWA1dErKivSvINmYqXD28c6Xmwkgwla1vGhq8la-9hKya7a0heoVPV3PtAvFTlblWE9G9YkKusQcaykEwaneHVHiK2_bKTYNFJ_SSmRLKvQPj5Q5bw66kpGueitlBZJ9vQQW-icFTNmHfws9l79r-dOz4hrEYAD3X0xCOBrNYztleFKhGKKdijvwlig

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