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skype.exe

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 skype.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.mymagnofile.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aa57b78b918ebccd979e1bce76b0f159

SHA-1:
529bf84d0ed1dd74ad16083cf4c4b4127c113470

SHA-256:
25aee0a341df77f0a454f71d7518ff6ee0a5692ffcba0ad648632a51fa651e53

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:
5/3/2024 9:12:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.11.8

File size:
680.1 KB (696,400 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}\skype.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/27/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4ED5D9A2F23912A93AD2937C038B77F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2015 4:50:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1wEZxZLDznQwo5unUeArTE5yjgcy7LxOuH9/7HPuXRZ8dzfPtfdeEvnrvdXZPThl:yEZxZLHnQwOunXLpvwuVbKz81VfTFXZ/

Entry address:
0x1C2410

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, ED, 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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Entropy:
7.8430

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

http://admin.mymagnofile.com/mXkiSps0YMiJranNqYhMug4G5NxFa0weg8cpGbze6u90Td0oHMsAjBGCHMY_UVZEIiHcSegNsT2eWuXBEkJ4mSeun8MT3m59TRp3y17Rurg7PFewz53Gq6HOAixK1MiJL3SvQ39rirq9zsWigT3jbmj7BxOCw4ooGWPFKKzevWsqgpbYOjIMZIMdecUZGm2_gGjllu5AamryKaDxoHsdSvDD_kBWUXmuDqeT0xmxZ2CQDGUJbSvVY7V-lROxPRrBghOf1UDCub0eKxCICsTByB20bFbSr05kJaOGPFqNWlmH6Lia1BnSD54sCg5LsQ88xf8WpFNJ5G7Y06RptuAyJ2P8vtzJRGcFy8p-jiA8eizSh0hbY5rMsqIHh8mLan0onlOElAhr9N7h6mh7J7aHPYw7D9YgZobvq3-_eBgF-lo

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