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setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

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 S.L.U 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnosix.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
69359294b55ba9c9c0d94b3ef98d54ca

SHA-1:
13387a105cdcbdd8ada6f1167c19476b5e42ff59

SHA-256:
b0b5dabca02a38cb5bb058803fd6f06e9a36d2532d5402f53495ef293c2ab129

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 8:26:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.5.5.2

File size:
1.2 MB (1,263,528 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
579CAB2F48D0A522A31BFED50C25C532

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2015 10:49:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:6d/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKy4r:A/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfS+r

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 08, F5, 8A, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 62, E3, F7, 7C, 8F, 98, 9A, C3, ED, 2A, 27, 31, C0, E3, 40, F4, E8, D9, 38, 65, F8, 2B, 28, 38, 6B, 97, C0, DF, 50, 01, C4, 43, 6E, 66, 9E, 88, 6A, 45, 60, D4, 39, 07, AD, 3B, A2, 45, F6, 96, 01, 9D, DB, 80, 6F, 72, E7, 11, 93, 79, 8E, D7, 38, 47, 6C, D8, 74, 20, CE, 9B, 1A, 3A, 1D, 8F, 47, EA, 43, B4, 0B, 2E, 35, 5B, 41, 91, E8, FA, 8A, B7, EE, C8, 0A, 77, A7, 36, A0...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.8 MB (3,950,592 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnosix.com/vOSjZgbgIA8R_UTm6rmUElHbh26hyv_wo9n6RgBnzg8Nt9D9ocJZrAl2oORq9Ql4_BgMKA6uV9zS4fORrkBWztlNboQsdhu1QUt_U6K_FqigidTSpWo_tyEAR7nZiIdwNnOCEoUxyeYIdbKS-yGLBYckH5Q3HH9WUN2GcxefAurMFcvPbw8WnCdMLtq_b185us0CATHeIf2q3tF0N1tdWDagBdBznvIL3Pfqyqw-PA01REDqJy43FsJepcZEZb3_i_56GJQCzK3WrAMs2xHipS9C97AOiXMml4lKWJGHSQfLNqh8pvGJQccqFsy6bco1uoUjNAxuGfUWXWHHfuoSX5UHMBb7cIZxBNeUR7-njmKdciO8DyPq2aPYZmSgzPM6MwG0g8cfDOOLjrZpVPJQbSVixcMxEGOT4iOtXOQ0VNonTN7VWSr1niscWnAYY04t

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