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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 setup.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 1ctnpsqq.f28z3uv9t4.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
50ab2cd09aa329108fa19d79bdf87fe2

SHA-1:
076b6837b8d696364dd1f49c7c083aea1c7d6e1d

SHA-256:
8d2d445ea89dae90d6bb70b4172d22616705173fc350b2a1125791c326242069

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/7/2024 7:45:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.10.17

File size:
726.5 KB (743,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\videos\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 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:
457A2C44F936DD8EEF974AFC80E53578

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/10/2014 5:53:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zQbnG7RMabqk/sGlG6fD6QrTTgHNTtg4Es8HJrKFIUUub60KoSZI1nY:sbG7RNLsh6+iTOH8prd1Q

Entry address:
0xF2C80

Entry point:
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Code size:
688 KB (704,512 bytes)

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

http://1ctnpsqq.f28z3uv9t4.com/o8-f8YbIDvHb3OKlMrFmnNVsqG-RnvsPjeOJzUXqiPj5QZMB9uH02JBWBTIX2soij4sHMVhjtTcEG3N7OAgJMCsNzmaX_ofIB7ZI1QbqP6LPQyUPePHHvSWG4V2UpeON?sbb=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