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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:
64248a6645bc05f3e920b07db9fb0990

SHA-1:
1e3a0b03269e4bafec112e8a9ef42f2f0664139e

SHA-256:
2c8a55e4d4b1567c76b518d8612746947262616150879c5dcf8f8411ab5b5f56

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:
5/18/2024 6:54:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.6.8.22

File size:
1.2 MB (1,263,464 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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 1:59:59 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 11:49:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:6d/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKyr:A/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfSx

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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Entropy:
7.9879

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/etYbCTPqpaJtqKW_dE314dk3n8miIz1M04gZXzl2NVZSOSx-fn5qB2c0m14GnTYYu3aY2XJ_NDNE_DMV4WiVqotDrNtRsNCxXayZPt26PwTgmXYjpnWBguucxnibAHJ_5yDtTwcRra0AXLu_XxxOxhuvMh7o30faM2oBSOcmXEQrZdzrc99FQTGWCAOqcgu4sWir413hDw67LGXLzmB83udPuWtdp-lOFJYCmdtql3mbOSGetgT22F9AYptdaFV2V7JBlBbnfvgeNNyOn_hADafayXqbDu6YntgYywZIyK_aHZowIHAqeJq39_TIYjg9AXvvygQh53_2Af9NnJyIROd0InRCXzkj2JFsiMXbKCori73p-ftXa4PyjzzXu__S6UDP_AEStmR5cg6xRKlksOZUg0yuLNIqbkjyhx5wVFI

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