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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.magnoc.com.
Publisher:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L.U  (signed and verified)

MD5:
338d2db01aa8d424134b60eb9d9ce918

SHA-1:
f5d40c4ec6bd263a397ab1ea9f646248085e0d6a

SHA-256:
7705e6ede60481dede671e03534ee8197a24cc1efaf2fb90d3f4d928f10be06a

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 12:53:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DIGITALP.Bundler (M)
16.5.16.21

File size:
1.2 MB (1,263,552 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 S.L.U

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 5:59:59 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:
8/26/2015 3:49:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5d/IPtWBlunbhkQBGfPiy6zsZWBceUTpUy8pOiswzfyjBf+PTKy/:X/IPtwQnTs6YgcPTd8pOiruBfSp

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 08, F5, 8A, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 62, E3, F7, 7C, 8F, 98, 9A, C3, ED, 2A, 27, 31, C0, E3, 40, F4, E8, D9, 38, 65, F8, 2B, 28, 38, 6B, 97, C0, DF, 50, 01, C4, 43, 6E, 66, 9E, 88, 6A, 45, 60, D4, 39, 07, AD, 3B, A2, 45, F6, 96, 01, 9D, DB, 80, 6F, 72, E7, 11, 93, 79, 8E, D7, 38, 47, 6C, D8, 74, 20, CE, 9B, 1A, 3A, 1D, 8F, 47, EA, 43, B4, 0B, 2E, 35, 5B, 41, 91, E8, FA, 8A, B7, EE, C8, 0A, 77, A7, 36, A0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9879

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.8 MB (3,950,592 bytes)

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

http://admin.magnoc.com/cI88dTo9mnbwSRM-nFBGGhc9qj1XM1jEYAG9rvumZqYNoMFaURkQghGB1j8Q0Tc0xRS25dl9AdjRBB8gw60B9eR8zlJSHNVMMqz-rPl53SiaMPDXSY_r5CKvXo1hm96gC7-OCVw__YCJoa7kpZ_1LKgx5pokellUwSuIfL7--0rSLqY4nTAY0VxeXfnfgv_o8pJv-8fUSIN7gcNA_RiUnPl-czSJz3NQu3xAG7tiPVXojYyxATYTcegP1frgQn0rO9OgPsue1p66e3HfahdW-BjaC5OvxaglN42OKwjAscAxaj7Pi0EPDfgPQKLFB5EdkS_akv6jhY_J5dFPOKdvC_pTpO9z4bI6scJyzbKArDdKojctcAirppFgEr6IBQi-CWJk_Paa9jimC65Orcd2GZ8S19xpz4T1bCIrWiUk6YdP205ycEUzQyLaKBoqH52D5275hZL_OMaqUFMvl5mZGw

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