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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:
36eeb908c9040cf42c7f924828cc2e66

SHA-1:
5f37d50ca2451e61ffb6cc0596c9f48f0f14c84b

SHA-256:
98133c518a1d73d47b62d64a9388d0806e1963f652df5ab4f98c17e10d16691d

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 1:03:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.9.2

File size:
1.2 MB (1,239,440 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:
3/10/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 12:59:59 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:
10/23/2015 12:38:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+DfYjzMGFC975ZsalP8G7RKxXB0xE36T27xomP:GfQBFC9dGaJYd36T27xoS

Entry address:
0x47A7E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 75, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, CA, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, D0, 8D, 47, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, D4, 37, 12, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
1.1 MB (1,200,128 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnoft.com/mrmsjDBf1VCPyFqibBkfpXOqh7QqCwcOIqCCbcgHpQ-UGYSIncNAmrjGAhk9FDqRyZ-wOa-Bsn88wjGtzNfIN6fEDkDOXRbclQGm7SmFt6r-jNmr0E0mhZ0ZYVQzsTL9etWKcWAVTDWC6ITQMOM0tg2gl0wUOnJot5qiBOGkjDqxI1OPoxduReVyrYeis77box38vYMP7ftKxVnjVGNnpe9U6fsMlIifQwUBajs7h9C40nApTQz8OyOgUZLMbXdP88Gy0yLhQl-wNdAHVBQgtaHUCc4a8e-28gA8BXaTUuV656aFK3EwBLY_E4_2R0kZsV49KfFj19Up6GAyVYjo14nvxIv54feHZ98jvjhAhQ1R0h9Zf8dlreNSb8v0tcUgBOUZCRwhdxUvSxPgXlYT_2Rn31zF2VRarsNbY2lmWRs

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