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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 ttb.pwbjgo7q6y.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
d3159ea6e1d730b410e014eb7fea39f8

SHA-1:
7e92f36fd1e6d4b8ef10a983fe0aa0eeedc408c5

SHA-256:
cde3fae4a2cf4948ed835db4fb7d48c1de05d681223cd760fe4e61dc08f174ea

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:
11/8/2024 12:16:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.7.13

File size:
1.3 MB (1,393,200 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, STREET=Calle el Pozo 17B, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, PostalCode=38670, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C30222BF83B5AE2CB666E51380D11646

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/1/2014 8:36:57 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/rKqlGCPcJKwybUDwEZZODYmR9G+gnbkk6XRJfe3DqYO/KpLwFfngWX4VmJPak:/rKo4ZwCOnYjVmJPa

Entry address:
0x7D90

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, AE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 84, 0F, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 9C, 74, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 7C, 0F, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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

http://ttb.pwbjgo7q6y.com/download/request/.../i74YrNUy?__tc=1412373186.157&lpsl=d18b14ff680c7309fe59970b1dfe1585&expire=1412459546&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwlyoursoftlist.com&ClickID=jqZqk_kwyRedZPTZmA1O2gEdOWZjv7DCrBJMoTG8gvSDOFvb21pO49_Id9qv-3LZe1p32UqKT7GnrvaW-Ilab5AeqV1hJuJhF9jMdbxY9ydiI8yjFl_7SkDCMs3Wd5lNsufEj40sW6wGvbKuu6gOaQlbFqRLBQlkSh9pHzX6uCid2iiqRGw6wwLUNNwR8repB5_837O-G4BObZViQwOSs4m9WEj9ZGLKRVQe02jXJVFyPZ_ZUsX-pOqSGgVkU-NYvayUwx_P1NI2zNiV8t7XpOcBeyEKhEVGK2UUxeUJ1ZqOJJOTf3gDCh4doI6oFTY8zsx8Xi0C8N1fF6Osz9UZuvEm8--LbuFCpUXJDnggJP-rqz_Jh3KSZUMC-o0mfolovanSZeUm0pU9-gMXoiBRXak7C44XIffIWr4t55fEGmupMCFSHrz6956CmJbujC1bNr2BtJy78QU79KSvY02hr8oxYmA&fileName=Setup

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