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anhzb8ys.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 file anhzb8ys.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 the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c4adb48b87b0e6e6716b8e5d44fdd5b6

SHA-1:
6518c32f100afc16640fe2eb885f52fe814e8e2d

SHA-256:
56ee56bdc7231b4c38c62128c65a540d02f5b7c6c08497708f96d5435c7cd4f7

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:
12/24/2024 2:59:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.14.7

File size:
661.5 KB (677,424 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\anhzb8ys.exe.part

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/27/2015 12:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
63B78976E4F16AA4AC250388162DD349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/27/2015 12:01:40 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 10, 59, 5E, 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, C5, 50, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 6A, 14, E8, 86, 08, 50, 9B, 83, C4, 04, 89, 45, EC, C7, 45, FC, 00, D9, 61, 16, F0, 83, 7D, EC, 00, 74, 1A, 00, E9, 62, 39, 40, E8, 50, 6A, 08, 8B, 4D, 02, 72, B1, 59, EC, 04, 5B, E4, EB, 07, 74, 32, 17, D9, E4, 81, E5, BC, C0, E4, 89, 4D, F0, FF, C3, B4, 3C, 0B, 8B, 45, F0, 89, 0D, 1D, FE, 27, C0, 00, 59, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, CC, 2B, 8C, 7F...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,283,072 bytes)

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