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setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

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 S.L.U 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnoft.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5743b1e864ee29db27aa61acdf13b495

SHA-1:
0cd20b52876e705920187b0396a3b998a2711153

SHA-256:
8cc1897e7f06405a30b63e1b759edc15247e75a51da223ff45a25e69e6acc1d9

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:
1/12/2025 12:42:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.10.16

File size:
1.2 MB (1,239,480 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}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
579CAB2F48D0A522A31BFED50C25C532

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/23/2015 1:38:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zDfYjzMGFC975ZsalP8G7RKxXB0xE36T27xome:ffQBFC9dGaJYd36T27xo3

Entry address:
0x47A7E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 75, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, CA, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, D0, 8D, 47, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, D4, 37, 12, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9864  (probably packed)

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,200,128 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnoft.com/x9WuojCUtNt1wajfgLIPbuNiJGa6urotWJvLo8zMMoKtAnFLTJyhsTQF7lK41rsTXCZIkHjNMN_YMvwbNCu-DZcw215EqSzTUZG6JTnD9NLNXSQZ1RwiUDnqsRH0GwjoMPS_i5SJH1hMUPcncWWVSBa1Bct2c5frRsE_G5DZGiT6WabH5QuNRX1hBucXWMIpxMnjtCcpXBYmE35d8gHzuOpaCAcLnLTnMaW7ta2Y2v0EGAQXipZBPcCiTgVGK2_y2smyesPi1JgZiZSMtfa5_zvcpZtkr1EOZyrBTW1gQ1VLVA-JmKylpMoGqYUKI5oFgU2wus1BGPyFLHYqxRneQdZIwV3SV4Ry9uBXx96ccIRMflMNkMvU5C_wqp1PgcfKMpvmtWmuz1GihOOubzSJUS16x36m8kpvuTA4a8kogLbVAssV6xqz6vhqtGzgG5MG

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