setup v2 1.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 setup v2 1.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 file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.8pthb56p6v.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
6cb744e751b16e2c1f6942678814b953

SHA-1:
6f009002efc2a90125b0b6f8846c16502156f3bf

SHA-256:
ffa00b79c93f68917789be0894a3e99e7e4344d2fd345500afcfe88f25fc7172

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:
5/17/2024 8:42:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.23.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,227,720 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup v2 1.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/14/2014 12:40:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KSGxzDKw6w2qa3LgMc8SLFDY/8LeS2899E7D3AYNACMzb7noKcxl4B6obXWRAfbK:Dxw8wFDY3wE3wY6cxI6gWUbIwMLHf/r

Entry address:
0x763E

Entry point:
E8, D5, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, AE, 26, 00, 00, FF, 35, 40, AD, 44, 00, FF, 15, D8, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, CC, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 76, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 8D, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, CD, 47, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, A0, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, C8, 13, 44, 00, E8, 47, 2F, 00, 00, 68, CC, 76, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, C0, 13...
 
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Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

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