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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:
d94c52d12e8009f7726aa004485eeca9

SHA-1:
1b717b78390ccf04e874a43e36dfa8d7a880a9df

SHA-256:
f8c843c73f676c1c4069e65ab31ea8e3437f280511810d4d7e635896fee0dbc1

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:
5/19/2024 9:50:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.17.2

File size:
674.9 KB (691,080 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:
8/7/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/6/2016 12:59:59 AM

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 10:08:49 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ys9eJNhvHIzi0SRHxmVUOXem8MXv4LnroIEf/bWjD5bCETr+CAImjCcj04PYw:Ys9eJTyil8UOX9xXv4von/KhbjTzAYw

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/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NjwIDFBgQ4dR3ewz2AA4rIzu7_lm2nMopAs3tS1Jv-QWA2_pauJhTyyfnTi-ympLgcJy09zHQYx94EixSv_Ch9u8q8UGKY4eFBX3JqTPL6rDqEkC_qXIUUCoeIV7pWXP2ig1Te8zs9vFDHCNThHIcZ1NP9OXHGwNpWoq5C7RwTI5gGDPSpLtMOz2k3zF9lVuFoBIjR3fJVUVqTh0ZSamUITmMRwDGuukrSDFjoSdBSp4TV9Mi-FKP-1LgLoPs8FvO6djfZKa7QVRmARCtNROhbZWzSwX9ZYQysXXlOSGc-YJOqxCp8i3PW29PKH1H1HP7hx-hLv3Nmhjw6VeqxmrDlktfLYHNGpYQYJlxRb4A822OtpSBkOO4CzcoLU2q7kK8ZxQHi8n0khUZ5F8paQK3bI1Sf9dxtFEYSYwoY2NS_8qA6lI_HjVtfIynbBC4thw8ObRcS3ntUpr4c9vMh5x5Ew=

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