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

MD5:
8d5ed8004237af38e1c686aa8b2aaf81

SHA-1:
20299fb237f421d7a78cc70a034641a994ee6ea4

SHA-256:
3b7805c3c7f316f17e45d5dd700d5f1bd05b745c0672a686804cc25acc3056b1

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:
11/5/2024 8:22:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.7.3.18

File size:
1.2 MB (1,239,456 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:
10/23/2015 5:38:43 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:eDfYjzMGFC975ZsalP8G7RKxXB0xE36T27xomR:mfQBFC9dGaJYd36T27xoQ

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.getmagnosoft.com/2xaSAz6avF0o2qmmCE1TO0UUVNfq7lab7_I5FxifgsCyVcvJ9fFT1ey9FuEw3GyGVQBHeyq8rDuqZDziizzTaUJdUAAvBiwL9jdg5SVy4ddmXSJEXsAGZpWB8G9nkJwoNraQhelfK442DDB-sH-V11FJYwR9OhWVPN7Lf4m1lO230Ps3NiyMHFUQG28uM2nUS9hmALo8Je03x9jxeueVb2NSdwxjfW80xihuG5_tRt4VM6hS9ZsAkfadArOPM8YQ7jQVEgu8Co15JrXnW5BBlRt-o9BjLVrR75aikNuYvXtwiaS11ZdDMhd4rFHkI3C6Hem5e4Yn4oMldHSFcKqvucBKWc9aUz9ULDHsPHQzilow9teJ0UpCMTWfF8VxIngYdayefRJg4abQV6BW5Y2uQfaghwDnbTi2mCswyubh-kttcWIUhzhYFy9jSHkwEx0h

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