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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 google chrome.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:
769374db9b37fd40ec3798a656c7caa2

SHA-1:
38f382ca796fb06073ca4d644df4fa89bd905d41

SHA-256:
5029e189092c05d92938dd4169a9ec7923f2de3e3b79abde8ce00d401be7b87a

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:
11/23/2024 12:48:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.2.12.10

File size:
555.3 KB (568,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\google chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 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:
7EF73837EA5E124265D3506763013A48

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnodnw.com/BNMNTQMzROB5Y9TgqeFzp7y7J7fsQbs7ER8858T_0srgED284X0Zh5xP1RCuZLON647UT1tlEWbQAHK6lPPwmRAWzpYF2dPFnTyOY8J2o6Fi42ovTOrcDnjVg1i16z4m1MNjeuQA6Sj5PYVZhu-HCGL89hoONPaJAH5m6Twh2uBW_BMUdvMfp5CX3-fjQzl0KyP-jrYHECTXAZ3oLHuAwaMJdLQPKdPEUONAAwieJ6iJTb2wY9NjA-OXkVK-Svh4BXC65GMTnqvbzgdYaoxS3CiNfiLBtPRu4ewC4R4877rqiC2lJlsqRzhBRgrO6i0W7J_g_zQDlwJrzl1Okp8RFxAraRdRPACEaBxrOvf41JYhRMpKHKb4qCUYrSJUdi-LUjJ4pbl6a8r5IdrEiyTxBzVXo-zi-kgpP9jWBskcKGD2tA_LIwr5nvHuJmR_8pV9

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