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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:
192d3885aed8fad3f9d924b0462c142f

SHA-1:
f143a78c8da1993a21342feca9a0fdd6a904d92c

SHA-256:
2354fbc75c910aa33764613e995c4ec79a56f5543c443f56bf614ff637253e2c

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 10:54:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.6.20

File size:
1.1 MB (1,185,952 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 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 9:59:59 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 8:52:07 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:6v1+3spSOxcbyct7f7HxPIK5t+uUzbgAPNWG4STA8uC:Tasl5tbUzUMNWwTA8r

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/-3MUt1A5t8doYocZkLblZUKPPz56v9d1YROX0kVaP8GQStctokK53vpCpW_pIKXlVlNl9abqiNqiEQlLEKHYdZTt-Ytijhq5oRGFTm6puQEHO3A8o-K2zBD7eo24j9ZTPbCnjmiXZr6rDUufZcf6rDpiW1BeKSeLZNr8LCbYvEevGdH-3toDiWHj7tfRAL29ekrFmjtWOs6Pnm8PE2sCONzwA2-S-qPU7M6AlTZ9gzWkXk42IGB_r3Kib2l9sJJMizuNN5U0TRx2ZpCQ_C_kgrC9ghej_lyneWhtY2imujnI2mLZbIIRW6VG_acTGbX0iYojjcNZqjfoVfqQJZHH4WWKcOrIau74CmsVBNoeA_ka3S9KacLKUQK29zOwPRcMb1mXGhtF-WA3Ff60P2jjNij8YQUoojuAohA6_4FDXOUP7H8ENHVpVXeaXLf2PiSIKlrtknsXMDK6csLxTwi_fA

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