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

MD5:
cefe71b615860fa874dc366d0f9e0148

SHA-1:
3224a845a34a233d6d622415f1217b4e5e28ec34

SHA-256:
d0ad1d1111e69141f0e530cd52b9c6f7a21e86020e80dd9b8d7fb749ba18fcb4

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:
11/26/2024 3:21:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.3.5.20

File size:
663.9 KB (679,784 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:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/26/2015 6:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
63B78976E4F16AA4AC250388162DD349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/29/2015 6:52:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ybDqEkMs4q48IAeP0PifTEurPbvdqJplapLWTICNIYPKMTWN4t4OAUw91zRwIMfJ:yXbs48LeP0P8E6dclWLi26KGOqMwIMh

Entry address:
0x1BDBE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, ED, 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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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
624 KB (638,976 bytes)

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

http://admin.jmagno.com/4siqxdagd2giBGeJvltZfgdYTmfbJkp9D7NxYIDo4XbH_DoaLLjZCFkPO7tu3Lq0hQADFHUhF8mNeVdIWf5wsKdyJiColBaqJvAWRhJhmhnxpSKSe5q89NDgtO25tHeOrEeJ2csPfjkcHQQ7pdllgvdoVFyGAZKGW1A-6ggLDgIPuRvpIRfxznkyYLMPCKBmwdAeLN5sobqzSy8Uogir56AW5TioeRU1DBAl54SH-VazyQ1ssoKBmHkqM0eXSRLHoML08prIDd1Ah6KOX4pRKjsfbgWiEYbKLx7w_a7YEdSVzhsVIVWq6P6kADmxQ6KJM7kbbQBOO7zSM1970pw2LnQlqoO-YFI8Bsk6gkadptL02HrkodwLRBBSKpJXBR79ur4CM2aeEflPdywURbBgxpeprMw2Q5BZiOANyi5oigc

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