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setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

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

MD5:
954b2dfba14ee3434176dbf065206780

SHA-1:
c4c26efb049f2bea8f4335ff3a3d21be6fc0e94c

SHA-256:
28a29b58f268271ecad7ee2d25a73f3f0aca96bf15b55d2c4cb9676562923f54

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 8:19:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.5.3

File size:
1.2 MB (1,239,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, O=DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
579CAB2F48D0A522A31BFED50C25C532

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/23/2015 11:38:43 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+DfYjzMGFC975ZsalP8G7RKxXB0xE36T27xomP3:GfQBFC9dGaJYd36T27xoA3

Entry address:
0x47A7E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 75, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, CA, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, D0, 8D, 47, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, D4, 37, 12, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9864  (probably packed)

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,200,128 bytes)

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

http://admin.getmagnosoft.com/9KCbQ_rnoVCzfaktv6zUke0VxK684unMIcVJ2qOekdVRo6YL1_MywijHl0t3YPLnwTzJL5GTcs5GQ5Js0di_tqoE8NF9uTSd1x4I5KvJ3Ut9YqsDng5lghUPJZf12VGWX02QogCpXchhVKGG5KaMz4A4kkPGGxOQlEjULLTsDEc5m7iKYRYVD5Fsr6PpbHf0h3E7PmYOp94eKJTA_f1wH7GEzQ3z6GJHmLtqOjiaV-oY3G3dFhTioPNIpjf5cGP3Aoq9D1qynC7hTQB3766zfSeTBv9uF5L5WFRRTyCsgz1BBLSTige4ygnyqiqrAHBGN1kOyhamEMy5qm749FKRwohwqlfzR7991PM-bW9GaMVYY4ihSk5u_LForbKXhHorMzU0x3HqBE65vafq9pyaPJUXhkz2hKJTiupTwtdzVso

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