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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 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3d7a8bab3c68018418c5cd0346f741ec

SHA-1:
ba2a3578361a0d1d1a03d88415bd3f52087e4f77

SHA-256:
5e6398da005720ec64d7de4e555a1278e49525ac7072cda3cf1de90858d904d9

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 3:59:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.5.25.18

File size:
589.8 KB (603,968 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}\chromesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 11:59:59 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:
7EF73837EA5E124265D3506763013A48

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/27/2015 1:59:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:m4efV5INoSUUgDp8YROY1Rxi27DuSK8p6a70RxIza/eL8bW1:mjINoSGp8kOYli27DFBIa70R3/eLsw

Entry address:
0x1E03CF

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,366,528 bytes)

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

http://admin.dsmagnofile.com/JNhNucjRKOH--12fYUK6FZ3odlD8cWDyqZDDdeZasx3fr1a_qD6IWv34kqbPOXqax71q2bjSO5PMCl1uHvGyhKd253FEh9BmtQp6GlFhUCOMz8EJbv3hdokfR8BpNBgzUVPNGIQO9rDei8CFs7QHqURzF4D8WywpJRYmfwRdT2_L1uZveTU-__-kxasz-rx8w4g69qht5fgBS03kvsOOEHoLQ6HIS_YgB6s-Riq-KccHPjS5yrHRJWlNli2rOpppLis86kjgl4dnnI419-IiecLWOXtFM8GyWkUiLaiHNigfwQINJgm5em3YyfSDVObMrAYutUU8xxm-6-SIPMGTMzsZ0AOGeVztGCJhu258K7JqlVgKa8NKId1wDLTlPop9zVCQc--eJekuoS5y-IQ5gyHCyUFanRZQHHShLvWXCMMfHOSZEm9TsTRTvzLXpglg

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