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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 get.0123a.info.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ad411945010523ea0c821c313922aed1

SHA-1:
3882013a6e4f413b8826fe94358a606182156d4e

SHA-256:
3f7f1075743947244cca9891a69bf3d377f3d4fdd8f578719e12ee459f63fcea

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 2:32:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.6.10.13

File size:
573 KB (586,712 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 S.L.U

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 4:59:59 AM

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:
8/5/2015 5:22:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PwQvSTuCWAhHqYQPYUNj8GFI49aHzPd8EB4G8JddvBvGRx2T051TFFC:r8HHqYQPYW9FyTPdx2Ge/vQRx2TQbFC

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D4, 8F, 5E, 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, 50, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 52, 25, 22, 19, 8E, CD, CA, 09, 54, EC, 40, 54, E8, 6C, 9D, 0C, B4, 50, D8, C1, 40, 22, 08, BF, 39, 8A, 3E, 07, 7A, 92, A7, 86, 6C, A4, D9, FA, EF, 99, F5, FC, 0D, A9, 3C, DC, 7D, 5B, 1D, ED, 5E, F6, 50, F2, 48, FE, FE, 16, DA, E2, 02, 04, 11, 00, 52, 42, 0D, DB, C1, 72, EB, 27, 44, 10, 71, EE, DB, B7, 72, CF, 78...
 
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Entropy:
7.9400

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,374,208 bytes)

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

http://get.0123a.info/.../1427267666/1427267666?26580413474ZV9vLTg7bzotLCw1LSFcPS4zNTMwImo3LisyMSVrOSkiYis4RlVJQUJOH19qY15jaWA8QmUqLG5pcllacCVmX2hqOywhcmlsPC8iXGg7YWBsNDM

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