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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 kyle.mxp2393.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
22549fc169738787013c117345b33cc0

SHA-1:
b9e382d3ca5a175c45c294debdd7907959122a3e

SHA-256:
3e5cfa42500b809b3a8b6ec1eb2e3c67eb205cbee8d6baeb4551bcfeab47c00c

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:
11/25/2024 3:56:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.8.10

File size:
1.3 MB (1,367,032 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Plugin SL, O=Digital Plugin SL, L=Adeje, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4DFD897866A8F5930B794CCCDAA3E5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2014 9:52:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TGjJZtAXaMb5YpCCNAfGU64giomYhXlZwVBhVS+JbIHICWKotTn+a:TGNZpbmfLRgioDXz+BhA3SvVnv

Entry address:
0x6D2E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 4C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, 30, B7, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 30, B7, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Code size:
78.5 KB (80,384 bytes)

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

http://kyle.mxp2393.com/IaCWPvc6ouRAbURwA0fs9NE6jy4Ngd1AAFShEmSueo_UWOtqCM49UDSKEqzv4hhusmQwZfN93jNRfQHGGg5KeXLs6RNigFfckgHe5hsOe6CQz-rTnLwz7IJ_zuQrraaI?sbb=xb865GDDnes5EvV5qWApT8hR1y0DzOgmynKmYSyVBedUd0iov0v2iUT1lwCAiSazcoFHMJ1QGkF0GjVOGY6Om7f8kjX3AOJEdQ3JvQalfDHz5xZL2AcJfCmr23GkfmB9ZFDsovUarf3JDDEsZUblsWL6XZXaCwB1kRJxYTjMVX0fD7SZ3InKrmQmZ9Wg1JrobJVZDntxGZZMu7rMXIRXKqz24lY8aORZN6d5boU1l4Z1KFJ8kHXfFs2dTHTWERWsnlx5y0428UiR9L6u5LlLApbbm3qnQclYxTpeKnK4MtENQ9kGouI4Q8FYEib2YcM1qwT3qOJvHpfagq72Bp7dfMHrgn4t4vN7BjsLauPeIVXdxlOkJvkHqaRPGInc8fhDvpJsNu3cJpXLEiNAFoCOZ9ZnHxUt5AaciWPmTNZuA3D0UBAYERSyCvsi8W6qJwiBOTrOURqitfxNuAllObMgnD77ZcYZD1kMuEpl6S3NsmfgK5reFP2y6D4VxF10JTY4ohZszFaO5k9cWHZGLQaMwhadKuyHSOg4V8m0Lfi9XXiXHck4YlirvuSsv75bp3Y3I3ntEuaXcBys4C2vuCuX7pwi6Jzf4mUBdIJIT7SRCRVaDJ2LubCPOfB18mPdIX4yjTazn3SySS9pzafJvx3zjLdDHwCUeMmLDkBFcq7eu2AVJFQHuDnBKF2ipmqHDHQMoI2CGqIRZqRZbYXmbcLzawaBocHgIym1n2eitmioYrMHO9t7jUQdQYS4wLMYbcfagNaULnDuTlOxnSbXh6qTXkuYIDRnFLrOejtRlZW0huWvxCVSV0s2hF4RCle0nK6cAt5mJlfOOln

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