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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.ultimagno.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b5ef88cf82349fdc1b22c133b5d17f8a

SHA-1:
2459dba7d7ac77a832a76e382f7a72645a774862

SHA-256:
cfae6f2f660b85b0d43572e047b92b4f6e0412e8b23758e6b25c16a59c99b598

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:
5/15/2024 5:25:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.8.13

File size:
1.2 MB (1,263,536 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:Zd/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKyY:3/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfSa

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.ultimagno.com/uweE-FuJGNOpMmWpAiMvNAZWRWC7Ik5fdHyfi5s9VSkNA8Tpg1fDFtArjHfJFcdGZMhH3Ow8l6PBPF9n6T16gmSgG8uKvV9FJ92AzMN70Obu-KYIM3Q0hALjV7meZjjQUAcEe0xNHpHlvi1TrpnjSfyoLgO-igNEklK3YQR9G-PKhjXb36W7G9p1hVA-KoH0JAijUFOa29-cova4DTI4_SWlXqidQC_GBVs0PYjW2bdIsWRhsGzqbOsLOLLzVRcWzWb2u5j97VEkkgOmw2YG2r3pOHfMiJFXsphbdPaYp917nJWF12V_fJPDbUTD187KvJpmCTczrYILrOs_LvxvJxZmx4LQ4hvqU8guOHxHAS9Gk_Ua8casG4vsrQNoi8qTGHhuwUtcqEAKoVI9W_Z9N2IOaruz6E__VYCrLp-uzwqO7b6RpTRI7hqOtyOb6xTy

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