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setup.exe

DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L

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

MD5:
c067ae84f22057b878452e5a3f88af6d

SHA-1:
fcc7a6143d8f500cf80f73252bcb35323df4825f

SHA-256:
eb768cbdab0f4f3325187ae2c70725e28c15eda298f33e589ec10bf26c8fcbec

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:
11/23/2024 12:56:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.1.19

File size:
554.6 KB (567,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DIGITAL PLUGIN S.L

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/31/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/31/2016 6:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
40FA7F2FDC1A021171E0CFDCA76A22F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9160

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://admin.themagnosoft.com/DgbZrZy0YX-BO6TpwgeJfsMGdStx_Q-rfdNRe_FODxfWqfgj_3YIKPpZGskoWiaoGBKr3SB0WFUJ4q8gHbbwZhB80YX1i3QLm8us_prmoiR0WyXSJN_aGB35Hg2k1L-EnvlWShKLEjj4ydjNweVXhYvNaSZhZOHJSVu0AUKZin4WrhPBmP6PZTK9TyhoTOPrDwmcZ6PJRK8mInbFaZjX_wSHJQI8U2n-CStmResX6TxzZYKV7D10zFXDrOBrlkgg9geQyJMUkT_lMOkaxFd8EsMwrT_7z7L13SFV5kZfqQPpZCzLIKLSfw3ELZ9QXPXzDdZar9HZhKtx_KbDLblE8Q8kqGlfeuEak7fujBu1HfWfdYIdGEvh4wZfsCnJrTKX5gPRwLL30TMqF4R4vLiyHx57PJpSy_Ly8Kf5-Jg8P1a5g0FuqrIe8vc4H4tOp3qL

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