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fmvmqswy.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 file fmvmqswy.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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
960eb20c9ade7577349a976ae49621a9

SHA-1:
ae609a78c971fa23676c564aa5e2b3830aa0a2f9

SHA-256:
3d8bf7bea27ee69e71e1fd9d28ba70b90ef25e11fbe1af2765750836b51e20db

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:
4/28/2024 10:49:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.14.7

File size:
557.1 KB (570,512 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\fmvmqswy.exe.part

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/13/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/14/2016 12:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5556EAA46BD339A3EB8552795EF00BBD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/23/2015 12:48:34 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D0, 4D, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 48, B8, 71, C0, 4F, 53, 09, 31, 7F, B3, 5A, 69, 81, FA, D1, 15, 20, 3F, 92, 31, 84, A3, 80, 9E, 15, D7, 5B, 6A, 02, E1, C7, B7, 36, 5C, D0, 8F, 6A, 9F, 90, 5B, 14, 78, 0A, 1C, 33, C4, BB, 9B, 0F, 30, 18, EC, 46, 57, 17, 22, 6C, AD, 87, BA, FE, F9, FB, 3E, 53, 49, D2, DD, 4C, F0, 8D, 51, F4, CD, 5D, 68, 00, 91, FE, 13, E8, AD, EF, 97, D1, 07, 7E, 39, 59, 3F, 59, 99, A0...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,279,488 bytes)

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