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setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L

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 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.themagnosoft.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f1667514bf587ea87b014135b925426e

SHA-1:
c041101a9d8be605e82fea4f623f067fac3d3ea8

SHA-256:
d26f167adc9e5344a9887ca9fb46faee8c5057e140e5572d46dd53fc03f91edb

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:
12/25/2024 4:28:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.1.19

File size:
554.6 KB (567,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/31/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L, 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:
40FA7F2FDC1A021171E0CFDCA76A22F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9160

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://admin.themagnosoft.com/zdoEXMzy9GPowRamo0Ofvl8vcHINrmFBQAXaODxwbow_b4kKLTylE2IMWEs7S2861AhSqwosm5TNjTi437JynAD1phsKWvL37FPVhfL9WKSsCeK1vAKN-I49IkG2e7EhOOJDsKqzLVrxnkj0mgj1bF_Rl8OrXIdmaboWqq0wZTrGRaANHrlWfCLzdN1atGUloEzcDYDuWb7k-Z3yh119CYywDbljmyTw1QBZi7PLhLcHfcTKvuNZSwftQ8jmBsW8N4WuTz1yI-fzdv6e5PnDnSwdpuxWbCWVCkjXswHnWE0yhWGYqAvYEj6zL1J10EAys7dQ9NwSPUWFZJls6qRSWA3rFqHPw9q9yvmwp7JhNRMGf6GDPKJh8Gh4kuIpe5Z8ecaHZOCrnms6D78lBQ9I1tl9rN9KwzWDyiGY1Cj5rib_m4_v3msTD5RTmxgAB0QV

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