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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnosix.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2acb04d2f42b7b89ef00c178e0b6a5dd

SHA-1:
502747a0ecaa9d60791a30a1232461cb7bb172b2

SHA-256:
0a8e6b9176316ffe8c467d81f4a6752aa57f704cf4ab11fcf4bd22f99e88ed24

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 8:31:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.3.31.3

File size:
1.2 MB (1,263,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

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

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 5:59:59 PM

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 3:49:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qd/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKy1:Q/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfSL

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/DztdgbW1qzOZDPwW8KiT02I7eBuSHZLOAUF4BHAEzTJDZ0JIQvr34fnepuDh2xoeLxPTXaSQLA4yFlDkOH8V4AfXUtjyvlXPAK4hNn77dPqHcLuN5FBBsGh2uqIYai410e2z3zk5gAcl3UkX31Vepz5vcmhQHzZHrCXMUkHfSTltmBOI7y3IrdJVUZq3x8t1Uvm9JTZYGwPlEn8AwU-YH0CvzMTz6vSPLbww-MjcnfFPz4Px3t81AaXiv0OYR7MM42C1LvduhH1yZ3gPhdeHc-NlN8gU_WFmL7aURa0VMIkcP6eAaUbUuwsK_gm0Si3wJ3PFM7zySjWdAA2HVUKEUfkoClJh99q6infZBIidN4xGMWEXPdzGJ_ZfHMC4zZM5H3iNGgZ-KQjU9J2mAkCVR5kuq5WxYM2IrjR739p5MuWuytJ7LZqhVH6wO-TErycA

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