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

MD5:
c4942e42d4f4cf911de46c9f3d3b7a97

SHA-1:
555d7da70084ef4ad6d4f7820694173cc8dbc82d

SHA-256:
ff4f2f46d9e3c9ba44536c9944a8a3364fd01563e697fdc0794a5ddbe777244f

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:
11/12/2024 7:36:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.24.1

File size:
578.4 KB (592,256 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 SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/27/2015 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=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
63B78976E4F16AA4AC250388162DD349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/10/2015 12:33:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:sPkZnNZwi3ZlYq/jVIO00rY/qMdb4GtcZy7HyLXz3v/Os3eSPclCR0S:uKN+qlYKjVz00rYiMd8z3vmsuSPc0R0S

Entry address:
0x1BF40B

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,229,824 bytes)

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

http://admin.jmagno.com/vb1R2-asNFxRes1Fj68VpzxjbfpnnpNQ1vhPzTeKlQ_ZDhqeVYtcatcBi6aD8XLW3q3cgoshRcsbbDzb_L5QQo2-FK4gO7XeqxsiDvlow-miOxkQBSArLQ3of4L1AglEAhfcAvrWzeDBuc6rkx0OOWCe9naKNe_uYGJbtGpk6n8slkh5rsm2kWM1MA1lT9P8P5jLJcuh6IgkkJQTmqw-jGsltl5UEdRXP6yp5zMnYvLtRVAIiYvjZYOph7sqr5OO9liUZYFzcx7__IEvVkpSVtA1-XwLZH48oU9nYwcyTpduqTsPYHlwqKiFKiX2_g-cuEeq4Bly_W-2WRhsNlia4FADw7zn3AW3J9qEThNB0_otgLwUlgaPEcSg91rLW14KcozqYgAxknMSpFOMSDa628rFWR09oTiV7EVyLi9fqSk

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