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setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L

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 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 dls.magnotrue.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ea7aee0dec6365bb7870de89f8ce642d

SHA-1:
8abe115e52f0fa961ef8097eafb13d6da6f9a075

SHA-256:
bc3c8ced8f1417494c7c698f30d4f3e27ff0aeb9a0f8cb1981bb3e2756a2afc0

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/6/2025 7:02:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.3.10.14

File size:
557.2 KB (570,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/31/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, 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:
40FA7F2FDC1A021171E0CFDCA76A22F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yi2GI9rQk68n9qSQO6XDIKv0c0Ed0ENk9QlpREJm3:ypnrN6mQ70EQ9qEJm3

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9156

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dls.magnotrue.com/uQHkAQBgi0Kf1giAAa7DWzYBuaSwOfn3Y_SlqJm1NstxYwfKCD0Q7EmvBr6lPqO6VhibGybxXYOrAUcCom74IxVKgXAJOudUbVgdTSKQVOMw8KvbKzCFBaZU-e_kDZQXgqNKs4Db4mzJLgmHGX13wfz0N1PQyctk11CX5q13lwGtRP1OoK5mqFFjhVZtFV1ap0QJkgJsib4Gqtf71uT7paO0wlcNYzy_MDjL9BFcJIKsGxG8U9kXEI2aBqcNfwwaTjuwlpxwVJ_F9BG3GvqeeOmPWm436s-FK822P9sNZoRbcfFg21m_Kb-eP2dWZPTL2eELvk8jNOaPzJLJPc675zL1eTqHozDrhDd_DCWvX1KPd5afqNO09i4JIQks8kfVICePEXKgh9hN6p3_aModWjwB7AT-5YDtsszzkLZ2DjU905vWQFWtuh33KkORgMeqilwLIphNq28BDfeug_FUFw

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