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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 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:
b1ffe0f61877902fd1893e86e42c028d

SHA-1:
e26c742eb1f21e80e30bec1863fdb5800deedb88

SHA-256:
274328de81f287e020c32f8a280fe5b06ed66fc6ddc0cddbcdbef4e637aaae8c

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/25/2024 3:00:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.10.3

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:
1/8/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 11:59:59 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 12:52:07 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:6v1+3spSOxcbyct7f7HxPIK5t+uUzbgAPNWG4STA8u+:Tasl5tbUzUMNWwTA8n

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/KNMCVKXKYa-YU0LET3snQIk73GXiMMPuIOXoyHlpoVHeho5bOSQNy8SY__8MaBkJp2Ojp669e1RisvSVoA6oLqKeAjAE0a_84JVSTdkDAQ2_aSLld9A9tC3OXaT0r31EymyQAadwxKhoeAduh6w-Qcv1aKWXt-b73E6PSS-EjEkdTFQKUSyY5q3YVfYp_IRtGq7dQwCpF_z2z_QVPo_2DCipWqq3TpDDEF8uHm8ACJXF0HDo5GemLEMWbgf8J34816WWVA_wTb83bdnfDicuEZv3d24PLieKCm3Mi56lwZdmsPLR1Qzhp-Ej-3tQJa0sf_-LDokBEKvaLnQgPikV3T7q2yWtllvN6B-AVmRVvp-AmAh_ZIozRMnGIn5fyi_2G4bclu2-x5HZYLs2R6A2D3xhyXbY2joeub3Dz8-uuWdDHAvTJuh_xgnJ0WpdmrTg

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