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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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9428cbf295ff8eb6b62ca1da04c4c48e

SHA-1:
ac95f93efd7292bdb5d33ac6bd6f2dd64ec5bb2a

SHA-256:
837f547e63d9b44dff3b9a6c93391d17d9a2348ac88e9b1d9a8de1dc6cb9307e

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:09:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.20.0

File size:
893.8 KB (915,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2014 3:47:28 PM

Valid to:
7/2/2015 3:47:28 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
08030F4F595ED0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2015 12:56:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:GL6RO27bEfd9oyA5v4YHyFyUkYCLTsTCqL3J7AGs/:VM19oNJ4YHuaYCXseG3J7m

Entry address:
0x8B5E

Entry point:
E8, 85, 04, 00, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, E1, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 44, E1, 40, 00, 89, 15, 40, E1, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, E1, 40, 00, 89, 35, 38, E1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 34, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 60, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 54, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 30, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 2C, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 28, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 24, E1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 58, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 4C, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 50, E1, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 5C, E1, 40...
 
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Code size:
33 KB (33,792 bytes)

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

http://aehkpc.filesoftdid.com/8SFEJ4w2VSDGKjtlTjlWVtHlnVZJsW_LDl91dFGNvvMwdGhi1PN8MGFp3-V1oK5wiLdmp5H4y4PcKwbUtTXbrLoqtxrzQA72lFmdhRdIF5UHPvcCeTOmy_cWAMNl4ZX96kba0K2eiv405rhIQDzojef3MpQ8M3ITZ65WqOV5urvTm_D_WFNZHcDe9RcVXq5f

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