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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.magnoc.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6d5be23944c90dbf1e08bb2a9589c3d7

SHA-1:
1cdfe867755b3d217c3de376242fa3cc24bf327e

SHA-256:
d3e3ba63d4c9758f45df5282c1f693f58760f8da1d9d0b914419e6929b99b0f1

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:
11/28/2024 12:56:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.5.16.21

File size:
1.2 MB (1,263,552 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:
3/9/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 5:59:59 PM

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:
8/26/2015 3:49:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5d/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKyA:X/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfSy

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 08, F5, 8A, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 62, E3, F7, 7C, 8F, 98, 9A, C3, ED, 2A, 27, 31, C0, E3, 40, F4, E8, D9, 38, 65, F8, 2B, 28, 38, 6B, 97, C0, DF, 50, 01, C4, 43, 6E, 66, 9E, 88, 6A, 45, 60, D4, 39, 07, AD, 3B, A2, 45, F6, 96, 01, 9D, DB, 80, 6F, 72, E7, 11, 93, 79, 8E, D7, 38, 47, 6C, D8, 74, 20, CE, 9B, 1A, 3A, 1D, 8F, 47, EA, 43, B4, 0B, 2E, 35, 5B, 41, 91, E8, FA, 8A, B7, EE, C8, 0A, 77, A7, 36, A0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9879

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.8 MB (3,950,592 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnoc.com/Zcgw-OeXsVNgRaBHPyXA3Ew-120hucMWSOeykTS1c3bJ-T_550NlHIyprP_d2C-RHh8a7TtdORkEu_7zi_LkqDPVUBsKQTX8HTJrV44rbUQYC_V54odjjiPa4CBV5v97rDud8bn0CKDM4CwMyZGoYjORdZkjx1behDLjAL_rpGDNFYEH3SyKAcNKEJXv-F4Gg9Dwobo8vQRc-uG0ty631PNOh_YHQpiqETVj3WglqkX2hxdom6MW6SFa0B5EiFqX5QTz2DOKOzrprJKoLCUE4rk_XV8ityl4txWPuukdj_WdlrXCSLmvfB4-JcY0HvS7m5npj1FQL-prjtWIxX6O5W9WePZljQWXU-lPztw8UR90ijA5IrrKcgscEfMvXz9x-UI7WgJZLm-s344LN-mK2BDw0u0idGsv3EvLnotF88jDqWjTSj3sAZ-8Ul9Zp9SiqbHSldef2bo7CbY7E1fEOQ

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