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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 20 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. 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:
71c76512c24a4608459d9fa76736d785

SHA-1:
bccef002c7fa19678d7fd2af20ad8f0d290aa7d7

SHA-256:
695859ab696bf610320f7dcbc1276269bed98854268b4f80abb7d8d4d0bf7975

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
11/4/2024 4:58:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
5627563

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

Quick Heal
PUA.Digitalplu8.Gen
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Bundler
15.6.2.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
40552

File size:
565.5 KB (579,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\qch8uvyy\chromesetup.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:
6/1/2015 9:37:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:c9CYh4DPlf3e42zj7OP/cIilnAT6s9OoX3JqkCPlkHQF0H5xA3txBwtxlHa:NMO24jcIQnAOs9bXZHQFyzgtbwQ

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D4, CC, 5C, 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, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 51, 80, A8, 99, 9D, 12, C2, 8D, A5, EE, E3, 84, EE, 5B, C8, 8B, C8, 7A, 85, 71, 93, 9F, 23, 63, 01, 7B, F5, 38, B8, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.9410

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,242,112 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to lga25s41-in-f232.1e100.net  (216.58.219.232:443)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-43-205.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.43.205:80)

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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