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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. 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 SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d393adae023607de54cf79ef8b4667be

SHA-1:
0f755b6237be4721e9cb57bf2656c3ea804cd270

SHA-256:
76ba277b3ab2ed72fcc28ccdd0c905be40aa368b44df22a7ca578fee6159781e

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 12:37:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.10.16

File size:
1.2 MB (1,260,992 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 SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/7/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, OU=606372162, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
09630EF45908E3288578DD4139725FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/19/2015 9:27:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:z1n2oeePAAV2gNRQt3MuQWFZwtiOqk4PP4TSzN0PwnC37g00KfZltXozd:lP37G3xPwtnqk7TSzCInCLn0qZl5a

Entry address:
0x47749B

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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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,758,080 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnoft.com/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NhIv_Tz2wJULgc-nGlZY_B7KFla3JSJ8OahJcE5FmfobcIaQMklRHLLc35Benwx-aNJcXhzbolGgbTmPI4PdERlM7kauy6B7P_-kaYg8TMCaioiqMDDx1DRxpdNLdfwRD7kXFE892W4b3OguNIK6wUksL9ds8eH0b3amlzgbit-zcojF0QMcTTrJHYheO91XOV9U7_uewjxzDB9vz8sZFfvRSPmsgEJcKDwt_5zkiEF04iNU7bWkQKkgzq5wP-aCz3bZMycaWAj-50IscJB_uMryC_UwStRXgsvC4b3UAUWWmVBovF0KYnAPFO-PK1Sm0YxseSbX-d5r7f_2fK-LiMW89Mqz96ZCpXZOuEHCT0uzfJa8vTQsRQ5B3XRP5hOvyXOkUl4xFTUHkqgE54CcE5U=

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