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setup.cpl

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 setup.cpl 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 admin.magnosix.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bb4c7b64edf741f10528f88d9cdf6989

SHA-1:
16265f20cdc39e32af3e4387c7da064804efd785

SHA-256:
9c5d0e85bc27a31cc0386e91d689fdbbd73bcd32ecb7a190b9a38a072e223b3f

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:
5/25/2024 2:59:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.3.9.22

File size:
1.1 MB (1,186,024 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.cpl

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/8/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/9/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, OU=606372162, 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:
09630EF45908E3288578DD4139725FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 1:52:07 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Pv1+3spSOxcbyct7f7HxPIK5t+uUzbgAPNWG4STA8uq:qasl5tbUzUMNWwTA8P

Entry address:
0x37D90

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F0, FD, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 10, 50, 8B, 4D, 0C, 51, 8B, 55, 08, 52, E8, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, FE, 68, 30, 27, 08, 10, 68, C0, A6, 03, 10, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 83, C4, E8, 53, 56, 57, A1, 10, 6D, 08, 10, 31, 45, F8, 33, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 65, E8, C7, 45, E4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, 0C, 00, 75, 10, 83, 3D, 5C, AB, 08, 10, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 4E, 01...
 
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Code size:
409.5 KB (419,328 bytes)

The file setup.cpl has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://admin.magnosix.com/vEqhYl8s0xg-1oooubIppFnvmNXqLkcgT_SK0VEJF_rQmoZvbI1opAvzAVvmU2CA-5AMOg301nFCLjq7WgvCgmWzhxjrmxa-IgxyVJIxuUMVq8ZIhEtzmZrKpZVssO7XY-K5o7wHjUOiYksg_6WChvTyHX302Zs0LvShPAikuOdg8zXSkCkdPN9NIRRreSgA5OZecz8Pn5QCWaG53hYHujKvsWgVFiPzNrPhCAPkmsnhTOuWVz8YAsSXQSnHB8uS-wqmXawq78RGzMtr0uMRXDOk_6OUgvVEUSwBZ9Mg2E7CAuOaFF6Qok0DEtA2OJxomL-xpVPKMtGNstNe4rsWrR_ns2LzaqF5fB8iy9gAIAnx_jK1FAmAdo6z8CXk6uy_uKOwZbz5JEQOrUeMW06HDirEITnIMKlM5cgguS8Q9TgoRE4hgSFyMxfnpZ3h8yHmnSaTb93xfQj0obCiJwA-u9IuSZzvOUacQKSDPcel7hU

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