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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 ttb.newsoft4ter.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0e1bbae4f4aa8db0d54ec6a42d67c81c

SHA-1:
235eafc0801df68f57e704734c0c1c0058aab11e

SHA-256:
41f4091a453f9329c419b098450287f4bd493a6ce26960bad5912dac8e15de71

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:
12/26/2024 4:33:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.3.25.17

File size:
673.9 KB (690,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/7/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/6/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, 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:
64D481E288350B6CBBECF091BAFA549F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/21/2015 2:34:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LMZwz4/0F6Ec+4q0XMfSo2Ut0RAj2b6pDbzI01vdyIE9vYu0VYPJHEbwVjjDR5eY:h48W5qDEUtEUDbQ9v+VYhjnDR5qzS

Entry address:
0x1A5BF0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, EF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8666

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
632 KB (647,168 bytes)

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

http://ttb.newsoft4ter.com/download/request/.../9IIwciD0?__tc=1450719918.315&lpsl=03896c650bdcbdfa15cbb8bf6be14219&expire=1450806314&sid=ODAzIzE2MDMjMTI2IzIwMDR8NzY4NzN8Uk98M3wxfHw&slp=www.newsoftin.com&PubID=300&fileName=Setup

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