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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 ttb.needsoft4wer.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
860648386e7cf2fde9297af8bc1b22ca

SHA-1:
cb4641b48df381553cc7c3edb30e5d01796beed5

SHA-256:
41cb674b3e32b6a409fd7d9fc6e9ca316317e98e92693376bd6b0559d0d15fd2

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:
5/5/2024 4:31:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.5.25.0

File size:
584.6 KB (598,672 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/7/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 8:59:59 PM

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:
12/22/2015 10:01:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:LotMF3FgVl0oUgBkDHZoxsUIyDKDZ5r5ZKEqVIjD/CWcSfzmCIWz2gCUnkviUd0y:LotMgVTVeysiDKu63//pfNhVkvL56GT

Entry address:
0x1A13CF

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,102,336 bytes)

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

http://ttb.needsoft4wer.com/download/request/.../1Zta1UVW?__tc=1450936462.883&lpsl=bffd7759d784f9b02d07ea1f3166158d&expire=1451020996&PubID=980107&slp=www.ultifiletur.com&ClickID=31967453301450934579&fileName=Setup

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