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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:
e4f3f6962d717d4101e592ac50876760

SHA-1:
39eea38eaaabfbed8c44a431aad7eaf856da8c75

SHA-256:
f19d3c8d82d25ffb41b3bb550d249e2e5c44a90c1de270508cd9610e407ed452

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:
5/18/2024 5:52:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.20.16

File size:
1.1 MB (1,185,928 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:
1/7/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 8:59:59 PM

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 7:52:07 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qv1+3spSOxcbyct7f7HxPIK5t+uUzbgAPNWG4STA8uU:jasl5tbUzUMNWwTA8F

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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Entropy:
7.1473

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/pE6XU7zeZIoJ8s-HQem43BZdL_QQN1HUFYanna6v4zmgH8rTzGxJXrFmcw-F9-bBllt400zV-vLYKGiGqfOqIc6QyE4ane2qGytz7iDwfaNKSrflR2ad3NQ96XrJv9eFK0zQ3M-Y0EaCy-GtfwcughDOHjhoCC36iue_7m5BWF2CZzZ8PBxJh_51lm42hyUIgzDdO1abZ44yqnFvoh0zta0pgFaHUNMN-rgNEtpkqTsIIN02m7D6k1NDNLIe27CgYIu6LId3TVcHbtVhb_L12y8ilxUv7VY5Be9jplNohHoXsxeQLf8fr-PM8MfKsPpIEMRo_nkW3JYth2nQjAqyO5aKXXtLPy1OU4VH9N4N2EUqqDxWTSWhOHfvAsFz1IqA-OQeDsEro4VXLPnEB1yfA86Cd6Shk5hJLMzXM0age4Xf-PeAwnj-gdmgw3IWqLjM

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