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limewire.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 limewire.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 file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnofiles.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
765ec86331b9e76b367b0c3e66a06453

SHA-1:
1d99cdf109608051e9ba413519d41358dd30f232

SHA-256:
04ec937d446024c1110ee48841db5da8956b4c453e4e48952ee3c5868122ca61

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:
12/24/2024 12:01:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.13.12

File size:
663.4 KB (679,328 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\limewire.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/27/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 8:59:59 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:
4/13/2015 9:18:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1DE290

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, EB, 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:
7.8411

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
624 KB (638,976 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnofiles.com/9gzsxs5JuzVcKD7FTgzKIxBISdmNxRXJhJc2K7LnhudQXsDOda1BmhwsvJT8Fb0UqDnVHCHQJwyXrPRATSMUBCjewygjue7Jc7gusxMnNDtjEqypzMK2mOaQ1FccVAdSUhVQMN0zr9ty4FV6x-kHcyDpv5-y-uDGyih8boCEyoHiXLXVKNk8-6xaJcdlYYMYoiAQJlUUVWe4dNCaSB1MHCFvfcVIgaNL6mHJjgk-Sd4b_XNapnwJLxqvNeqXRmC7GjW6luswRvwgyDBPNFcGn34lctC7jxNM4ZMxPzNI5ms

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