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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.getmagnosoft.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aea441eab2d57b924a1f1662a5ff7d00

SHA-1:
374e39319cd5a53e5695c365ca52c62dd0f8dd86

SHA-256:
d6c573eb84153695446fba0af113cb888622f2560585c30974aec7cbb920d87d

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:
11/5/2024 8:21:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.16.18

File size:
665.9 KB (681,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{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:
9/18/2015 2:59:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:StrO5WpJGjwg3A2dImm9HLgTS8ZMQUKA/OHD6MMJ4iMYSQs:ShrpJGjN3xKmmxkZMLKA46VJ4tVQs

Entry address:
0x1A01E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, 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:
7.8657

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
628 KB (643,072 bytes)

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

http://admin.getmagnosoft.com/j8Tv8ZKpdqBMUnSj74b25bVNQbHbiY-SdtLjzu9vCNDEVSokcgEOsSHsoL0SQVK_wCDyCwSl3suW5NmvAfOlwjPQhUy7g2nZA-phf6n8rYJfDMZVQSb5iFOF4ppoXiBgat5v9JPwg7SUYBDKJqQGJIClZ-WJPnfXYHgC1cVJ-ktCybYMl-qoLQNvWzIhn1z2m9BWGAUWrmkxX3Ke-5sprw_LMItIZVOa180TeOGiGRid0Vj8VhmGkaOnoYdpBPFxwbTWGi6CszGXXhE1S539MwImgVWlGqGFP9e8fae0leYxUcT0wLFaKOuhQhYvxVyuPPNetyFwN-CiVP3TaPXlF_mJySzSCD8GhE8A0XFbMq6d96FHswtOc2NJfa3GU6sOMMh_LqoLxNSc7pmQZ52Ss_xlVy9hlMy8mOH-NcBdIH0

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