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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 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:
1921ce1f012c46541a4f6c62559441a5

SHA-1:
3f67913e3fa1fcf1342a014cfa2c60c9f0843795

SHA-256:
a2a2a5b16cba84e0bb11cbc565a9f2f244ca8e1595c3c76e0fc0047f9b6de3d7

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundle or install adware offers through a modified download manager or installer.

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:
12/25/2024 3:15:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
5629308

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.06.03

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.J.1
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.0.425

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3090

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.765

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.175
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.AG potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.14.151

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16117

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomalIQ.SID.A
v2015.06.02.06

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.459

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.06.02.06

Quick Heal
PUA.Digitalplu8.Gen
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler
15.6.2.14

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
40552

File size:
543.5 KB (556,560 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:
5/31/2015 11:21:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:N1k4Gp2GnlNt9pjcAmJwnVmTDtYRfXMmFWDFAggPpIF/6fu0q:Nop2GnjdOVTqRf4aggPpIFH

Entry address:
0x1913CB

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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Entropy:
7.9374

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1 MB (1,081,856 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to lga15s49-in-f30.1e100.net  (173.194.123.126:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-148-230-58.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.148.230.58:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-139-14.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.139.14:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-52-155-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.52.155.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-52-149-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.52.149.163:80)

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