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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 www.anyprotect.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1097043e56584d3ae6503f6c46ce0867

SHA-1:
c367e0cb55b56fadb84a895aac3769d18e5b6016

SHA-256:
2af54fabf3931904184de8e95099ae49a001aafe598e1d495fb873b9a8a56cb0

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:
12/28/2024 11:29:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.10.22

File size:
1.3 MB (1,382,432 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:
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:
9/19/2014 4:40:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lOiZzDXGLFP53UG7bL1HohIE6BvRx0GOb/4+a0q3bhAqtxe9:8i1DWLFP53UGe76x0ZUphdt

Entry address:
0x6BFA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 90, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FA, 43, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 10, A9, 46, 00, FF, 15, 68, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 03, 45, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, B8, 50, 41, 00, 50, E8, 08, 45, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 33, DB, 8A, 5C, 24, 0C, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 16, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 32, CB, 74, 72, 83, E8, 01, 74, 32, F7...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

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

http://www.anyprotect.com/dl.php?sct=NONC&data=null&anyprotect_id=1&r=ap_100_nc&pr=s&prm=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