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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. 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:
da5c955865d77fdab2230067997f02ed

SHA-1:
f7aa859cfd7f1b059e0100e05f9376439978df73

SHA-256:
9d52d16f4c8d9fba3ddf41f2c9c32e4d1ad920f48049762aa854062b1e3e2be6

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 '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:
12/27/2024 6:47:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.8.18

File size:
678.6 KB (694,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\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:
7/14/2015 6:08:18 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tQ+8YcSdcdp7GqDd7o4YINDz6/AAgYShiuFfIihBtwVabCMUA4+6vlF75:7iSmrpDd75d68hiuF5H8abCMUN+YlFF

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)

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

http://admin.mymagnofile.com/Y2WKPYu_L0yod3Hqkk207r1z_wvxEsIJ6smr5tAM9pDCYh8h18xr5lxtrBBlc3Z-axZR5QCMGxxLoldFMdNeRI-2ubX4SuwTiTJtV_-AdI3eqczv12HaK154f9-51CrYkMjggxFpm1uXgFqjUh04j9dDUDVGUK9gq_kpOHuz6dTY_XJgCmAPzPEEpbmjqQR7e7z32oBmjuYpfNiH0YnAO5uIK1QgoQWSgAcmVLsPPNgg5s2dxa4zslnDhFm3Xay2mJl1kErX16-AOHxkXqEDhRrvidkeusfpCOaKc6bkMgi8UmcZds5zDvvT9rWUmZpJuX36NDHbQ_5rywhquRGN5_gT8IHYkbtc2ymkFTpnuIsZchqYtV3QyOlxuPOWrxoDwgLo7k79iXUV1ScU5sx1mGK7-Ej-JD_Pm_94k29ZlO4

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