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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 az836327.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
037052721451a59ab134d9dc93b70f23

SHA-1:
21193b6bec42a86711a03e38c411a340fd364fb0

SHA-256:
55fe656537511b6cb8f0d8ecce8491e164c8e83c73c0046e13c8ab0fe5b4364a

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/6/2024 5:35:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.1.19.19

File size:
673.7 KB (689,824 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:
1/8/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/9/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, OU=606372162, 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:
09630EF45908E3288578DD4139725FDD

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:Ks9eJNhvHIzi0SRHxmVUOXem8MXv4LnroIEf/bWjD5bCETr+CAImjCcj04PYK:Ks9eJTyil8UOX9xXv4von/KhbjTzAYK

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://az836327.vo.msecnd.net/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NhIv_Tz2wJULgc-nGlZY_B6oATfknHR4LcNMQW0bzlLp5H-B5TSsvXzVwHOnnvAJFKRCxd8GB_Df0TUdr-BFDo7wvvYVR2z5JafC26PwTUZ-kkWdehqDz94Lc2nZ_n-8NkRhJAjaz-Y_RaJqq48HdLHKpPfi6cQwOyuuqLK9-R0ncvyiAdVTsCEWiIz8Flmu78F31Q7737nr7kPBBuhT2k0KD3XWThoFqF-VtSkvq9er90kmUY-1xvxdhJy9p20Hsgb3UyFcpmqiUVKZTiK5QUOIXTRCVCmYcuX9mW8Se2bbO9wh4Mj5UHSkykyDlWYkE1HFUr-66tjsVmV2QqZQy1PlB-vC5b_6TPB_hfJDoOOM2hx16EwIBRWZ5SSuaP2irgPQ3BgKTw4Ru_PTnh8UpQAB8EQIPceICl7bcNsLH08AxSwxcUcAKffqgVD5P_jMhQQddPBmrY077Uzv6ytBtzkV4twj-tINTqlkow3Aw94W

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