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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.jmagno.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7279f52ddd5bb8b93e4ce6cf852d8e8a

SHA-1:
e3499c10eaface25ef11c228499a7687b353f70f

SHA-256:
cb8273710a7a4ea17e47dec1565ce4cb7fbaa597fa05917957e819504352489b

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:
11/26/2024 3:30:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalP.Bundler (M)
16.3.14.4

File size:
677.9 KB (694,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/25/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/26/2015 5:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
63B78976E4F16AA4AC250388162DD349

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2015 2:14:21 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:sRO2Q8Iu71MZvr2ymO6l4S+obhFIVgFmO/oG3G+zQmS+Lrv7KXpQB9EzDk8BAZ0r:Gm88Kjh4SnbMKFmO/osPTS8v7KXpQBqj

Entry address:
0x1C2320

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 52, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, ED, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8443

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

http://admin.jmagno.com/xACQnMFbb85RmTIWIbtCSaZ7vQyj7VvQq1pd0wFPOG7XyDZ5RvbTFZgGQF8xpuUJYmWqL3RhLJSlqJncIeczfenGOgWn8_8Tdxd0oDt3L9WdPGrm9bGrPS6uWyCiqPnq6Iz14logTpuTM-A9v0OOyjNNS0hepiZb6elxvGw88pjDUghg5O22uHMIy2BQgRgzlU9iUZmhKSt2m0dpR0_lDD-rLGU0xUv84SdxiX8sLkNLorOzUtsHNa4fe6jRng4OAokgRY6WCQF_Zc04BhntcyrejRVofdf2uM_kSTyPbzaXIC_AOJbL_emiOfK-fUm_fdnvRtDzKOzipT7GTo1mvW68TYmeja1ZzSTzAQRbfT59V488_em4I891zCemCDchLcdVbnnF_UaCpbAfQsbAXExU75wgzjCenN8fYVck_vk

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