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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 google chrome.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:
550b5dce02c11cbb5c6f816d8676bd99

SHA-1:
0249e1a8b4ef95b16ce9c9bfaa882c59ce2c03fb

SHA-256:
40d01c7f7a14f1bfd8382d0daebc580d1e93cf8294b83674bfa55c3cd1ce3686

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:
5/11/2024 9:25:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.23.19

File size:
555.3 KB (568,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 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=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:
7EF73837EA5E124265D3506763013A48

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:hz+QyNeI4ewoTTaavYIxihJo/Y3ydzpExWlkP3si:h4AewoT1vYISJ6YCd9mjr

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnodnw.com/1ylGLInWkn5BfMQhY9svU3KZap2_4Bttzva6fnkbotvtuuUf9Lxgl4IACSn-svfQDbpuZNNh4KL19HTOLEPvDVD9JVELx4hj80h628H4-BlsbpCsZmNVFdNykZP7iKT_w-OUn0wnl6sEeM-63Up0g57AhaW8Ek48i0L2q_8C_ksVZbgCOi_ic0RPnH82cHJgNnv-gDC9L4YsCOEfxTRqOnmd9G_JxCwgP11wt3YtoQv4uoGLtxalx9xTAct9HFJbP8wmNwOc74JSXrAJkusyAnLtkJvZCbihOG8fXxjxVXTfBlgK9w0PId6Y56a72aeVbpGnGEYTjzZTpZWVa1AgAbFGRZPyyFjEOk2iArXceh6Pmv7tA7kbDLEyIZXNbi7BTVg-Ki0HRueMxCeT4o_O7hkPKyNBQuOgqJbvBeVT06taOw7ZpztdCCUOKl0EzRqC

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