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

MD5:
a521d356547084c7cad4468ef0232b1f

SHA-1:
38d48f498dba1dcad6e215371df8a2c505eb3a35

SHA-256:
18c9acd9ded7d5555bc4ae822db68b9f95cd1c2a86981cb353c4878804e1eece

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:
1/12/2025 12:46:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.28.0

File size:
665.9 KB (681,848 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 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 8:59:59 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 4:59:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:StrO5WpJGjwg3A2dImm9HLgTS8ZMQUKA/OHD6MMJ4iMYSMH:ShrpJGjN3xKmmxkZMLKA46VJ4tVq

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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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.magnoft.com/L5WV5pxuhatcdgN83eAsptdDYyrKF80lV9Oh_GQcOQU9JHMzKuzB6xGKx4eBR11yidi68Yj9r0QxPXJelHDkXlLHMch3yKLg2eVmsiu4npdnJInf-PlhhyDhaFoRa0qy-SUZXOpsvphISh7SWYR2-wpCcmN0-WJK11K-m6MHRyXH8P9633EKuTXGdBjPVE33rmfAAAsOw9EFPGyUii0dTsmml-rSYzvtGK7823A__ViYxWreIcSuSHnRk7flR1-VXRUxQdOu9crqrZh0lDWv597yFVVus16BkAwQ97LgWoeGKfTbpXDz7XNzmvx5ow6hXUUlF0z1T1s10JXxIi2DNyvTJucYA4X_NF4BOyQ-1ujRBo2yjpc1Q01qX_w1DBOR48Kh_7iFOeZWsVOemuUqq2YvpVrHNp8NEbER_BE789A

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