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chromesetup.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 chromesetup.exe by Digital Plugin SL has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d9b5640625a0b4c132c5562a370e227b

SHA-1:
0e60c4898793ebe0e9bf293220050d952b235d5e

SHA-256:
75514ad770169d75d93889150da98cc0028d8ee669b0bec8b1c81a9829ab2d21

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/23/2024 4:40:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
8.3.1.6

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.189
9.0.1.0203

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.AH potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11962

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Mikey
11.2015-22-07_4

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.1699

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6697

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
15.7.14.20

VIPRE Antivirus
DomaIQ
42142

File size:
678.6 KB (694,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\chromesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 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=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:
7/14/2015 12:08:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tQ+8YcSdcdp7GqDd7o4YINDz6/AAgYShiuFfIihBtwVabCMUA4+6vlF7C:7iSmrpDd75d68hiuF5H8abCMUN+YlFG

Entry address:
0x1C1F90

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:
7.8441

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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