home

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:
64b4feb3f3b5299971a21f549e44123b

SHA-1:
4615f2d12e05ed52ec75d7c5114e4be2bd3942dd

SHA-256:
677b37a563e8fdbeb219a627fa716196fd18c796241ab09047629244591c1c30

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:
5/25/2024 5:06:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,185,920 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 6:59:59 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 6:52:07 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:6v1+3spSOxcbyct7f7HxPIK5t+uUzbgAPNWG4STA8ub:Tasl5tbUzUMNWwTA8+

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...
 
[+]

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/DLPJHa2Xtr68uWohMtqYGMFSpREGyRxI6Bw6PAosKDEhiYPS6GOzvL9M228eQXGE7RsdZkEtPtyfpGUReiKVMlSaFbnBVrVwQwMwgwwaYVSd5NEUsBdc_pEz031MAU3byCnc1XNeFzMmSLcU4feY8nZJ84i7Ubf0t1-fzhuSfFYp0og0YNWeoALyWLMz4qWBntzL-UfJPI2fiYKH8ggkMWFaw6QeyrPVxZqdXe9_x4Wp0lDh4GKC0R7DV13O_07fpBLcQI1DKXhn8UJTWmRjEb3A1wI_N8vhFlzuWqL_Y1bUs5I-cnPLqZRLlzTTq6GPnEjcdk7r1QjW_t9MSQJmWF3XIiizgriupg02ULsIU1DewJGeqA1v5vjNa8YZpZowvmmaoznhf3Dd8x44vluBLZ7KIxkefmXJSC11xLtg7O9x0MOHnfnDpSk8PKqjfgcN

Remove setup.cpl - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.