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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 az842691.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
807741c75f7557ff6391cf5c82e31ebc

SHA-1:
08edac544bfa555fe75d9ce07b1862f16cdc8901

SHA-256:
6bc16f88c2755e0cb2aab9ff32771bd40d320a804508aeef37835110600589aa

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:
5/30/2024 1:25:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.28.13

File size:
674.9 KB (691,096 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/6/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/5/2016 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=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
64D481E288350B6CBBECF091BAFA549F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2015 6:08:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ys9eJNhvHIzi0SRHxmVUOXem8MXv4LnroIEf/bWjD5bCETr+CAImjCcj04PYp:Ys9eJTyil8UOX9xXv4von/KhbjTzAYp

Entry address:
0x1A5E70

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
636 KB (651,264 bytes)

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

http://az842691.vo.msecnd.net/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NjwIDFBgQ4dR3ewz2AA4rIzbA_7qs-E55nIbPKYU1ThQCx5SdZkpaGoEHp8BBVdJ0W-ZT6y8SY-ca8g1PhbwNNZJOi7Eccm_czVIBrOmleGkOdapwbNC_QWy6Xwwh4ECAj5nxYyfcknkxPiRjbNQVzuVTOsiraxsR--nKkVLqBWwDcSkgOdOXFRHQUHTS7Fvj0oAC77n4BdAey98GHq0ED3mcfozAfilnb6IR46cpzPQ2BmQ0TrneWsuY3I5pOpm71vMLMSfY8cBd6q9jQm5Sx8AYS8Ey0HOafwos5JGWlHO-Y4HKeP3W7SWnOkCSu8XihIrRQtCOBxm9AZ7QQVurR0mbyLn8UWAafk03mRntNUtBSB0_PVghYRzqkeditoPQ8iMeOwOwJ03k5V9x03dcmQCHOVi4TnV7i5i6qzDi7HAlPdR-eTbodx-kxkq08fHpM8UuM1qWbhu3yrYXrr8opA=

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