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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 application setup.exe 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 downloads.updatesoftnow.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.20.30.11

MD5:
73322112f8f4d735a3d839acd2202cc1

SHA-1:
07f38d7f68d0468442ff4d1fe658457b6d8b6e50

SHA-256:
da9da61eb18e1d3a1ac31ea7ecea7adc306fff37a0ffd7ce7d9752e76fcf2c25

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:
4/26/2024 8:52:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.27.0

File size:
1.2 MB (1,245,632 bytes)

Product version:
2.20.30.11

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2014 9:53:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:F8L6VIJcRi1mjztVwUkikOHLO8Yleg7I+SzUvnGwUCOYeyS:F+d1yVwe/YrITzUvnely

Entry address:
0x7D26

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 5F, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3D, 0D, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 64, 61, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, CD, 2B, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, F8, 5B, 44, 00, E8, 70, 2F, 00, 00, 68, C0, C3, 44, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, F0, 5B, 44, 00, E8, A7, 25, 00, 00, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 66, 8B, 08, 83, C0, 02, 66, 85, C9, 75, F5, 2B, 45, 08, D1, F8, 48, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10...
 
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Code size:
84.5 KB (86,528 bytes)

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

http://downloads.updatesoftnow.com/get/click/.../?uid=20zmJx0zcjkwAasG3sScBo1xo4Iu000.&sid=rHn2_viWmXly7VE3hTz4gpmsS09069LVGRNKiumge5_b-yi_g5V7P5yc7npHAuaOMHWhvFYCNd9BzdlAdymKL1PxAbjD1S11C73XoE_IqqzivUk0nbFy3Ng1bFvlYArSZcNzeO7CrFUM8VBdMZZoTb_OnZv4B_yvCCKhoOx4jA_lD-KoBLWMnxGjC2ech2WpDSApBP5ANRlFvaZHfwF91BYLrvNRCrciROYI962wLFwQLv9IfOndTJqhyVwEoJgcodw_eMKXpeXTBD0jebts9vnZjOJUtP7nXOIOCjVMefBw785-yoY1ahjXW6W6-qELaXlH7uxgwD2qgG6VHIaUjzWXESvVhiviGLE6hkcoaOQByVIxeNbmPQnWHSKd8GihxGyCFomktVomXnvs4HZKuOHJCQXoKrqqo3Y82kHDbPLJ9V3kEjwvJtXx&filename=Setup

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