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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 ttb.lpmxp2184.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
51874e7c76fc08985a9b91aef8d9769a

SHA-1:
e013b7f2c7480df980a9909c80cb3fe35947ccde

SHA-256:
2b437949e287679646a4d4fcbb13319a1e6741591601a7b6ebe88fb0c70f701c

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 8:20:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.6.26.17

File size:
1.3 MB (1,355,800 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:
9/22/2014 6:17:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:hDASdSysJOcj0VQpWbl7s2LP0CXuiAayiWASALUgv2j6R6XEVeRs9HgVfg:mSQtk2zQytkgis6yx

Entry address:
0x6BEA

Entry point:
E8, FF, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 90, 30, 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, 49, 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://ttb.lpmxp2184.com/download/request/.../ZvGlH2cO?__tc=1411425697.253&lpsl=4bb9fcd3587cebfb85ed275eaa7ec5be&expire=1411512085&PubID=157824&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.prosoftlst.com&ClickID=32207573061411425685&fileName=Setup

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