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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dls.magnotrue.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a7ca557a756defb20657dc7d13d88b8e

SHA-1:
b6e5e814251d783837654f17df9ee89ce276b2ea

SHA-256:
53ff142298e1c8d36de15c926918c452ed66e87a8cc36cc12717830b01033c0b

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:
12/26/2024 4:31:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.29.17

File size:
670 KB (686,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/7/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, OU=606372162, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
09630EF45908E3288578DD4139725FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2015 4:14:58 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:cE4MPYxjsqM776himhxOdTu5MuBGqqTugX1pIgyNdnZnN9rx920846aZRN:fbkwqAaxOBub8p1kZzrx9RZRN

Entry address:
0x1A3000

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, 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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Entropy:
7.8643

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
632 KB (647,168 bytes)

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

http://dls.magnotrue.com/MTIzNDU2Nzg5MDEyMzQ1NhIv_Tz2wJULgc-nGlZY_B4cW1c-ylSxK7LmLkxYwruo3kOky_zRWhba8meFiD2-RZnFMmp4judUtquk2HG_EtZMuO8ZU3N2yaWWjZ7rjDyDgVJ6dj0Td2NQNR-w5iNAWq-ZPrAHmuLhOeg-R2CqwoZf-sDdCfdeaM3_7-TVOyghhQH0u7ZvhVnI4losOgD4O5GT8nh33gD3V6z6LMSJAioBAUaWxUTO2gh5POvC0Kj8jSoxANyxUzNRGYmQovOHGDqzwBaPjJzKbQKzfWrVpF0H2YwdTWmX7akZauo4Ic3v9QEd28LUeC0kRu-qCm08bUbdQ4S-3iLLN7uCYcC0OSnOn3kD2YPVf9pZx5upsqk7MhS42QA0zXfTEB5ZxdATVy2pgB8Q6YVLU_4-JyiPoVMcen_EccAPsNqCPCu8o49DLLHsyhMqAtI6r6W0JyD8cQ==

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