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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 itunes.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 Apple's iTunes 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:
c53851145e3297f380142354095ad7c6

SHA-1:
eb83540c744182b7b2eaa4373cd44cf0590f32a1

SHA-256:
7d2da5919dd43aa00c1a004457b7177982e2d29b47fa880c962d0f102db72dea

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:
12/27/2024 5:54:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.14.20

File size:
580.1 KB (593,984 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}\itunes.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:
7/10/2015 5:33:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:EPkZnNZwi3ZlYq/jVIO00rY/qMdb4GtcZy7HyLXz3v/Os3eSPclCR0A:GKN+qlYKjVz00rYiMd8z3vmsuSPc0R0A

Entry address:
0x1BF40B

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:
7.9245

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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

http://admin.mymagnofile.com/N2rrStzOX8VRv3ZD-mAho5KlNVbtWJC9UtxeffqB0htaQiOT7W4lqm-nx_f9EdVjwXMcYkFHRBN8UV8D3EjfNOOcWtPvEwQVtXQG5nWrVWUEObfd1r49Bf3mCqs21fvqeXXExecC81rReszaROneUYr0w2c5iN_J9qmncwqcco_iy0f4VAnQ55zxWzMLhdGchXoUJzvXCJvu39OQHV3taKslNqJVFR9i8G47xZ1NGtfYUuznuDNUwXaF5pnlC6V3M-88UlwCTqO_t6gC2Re9cH6NuoaMrV3U2C_2y9Cbw3AAGVR_TyMb12wxcHdwR8NOMfr3k4yETSMa7tkuKIF1AEKOcYyZ3ZmBR9gSYOL-_mdyMSzTTdkjrtG0-kcZAxcKKX4dqDRiXHq7NgzUrSLHig

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