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skype.exe

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 skype.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 admin.mymagnofile.com.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d234a35387d70c5ff57ab47474e59017

SHA-1:
64965451cd22824395a1fa1cdeec49f3069050e4

SHA-256:
d77d9c148c7480b713db5dea3140b8b405bebb38cbe82e0a2b45c24121a5fb05

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:
11/15/2024 12:39:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.3.4.13

File size:
569.1 KB (582,736 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/27/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 4:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4ED5D9A2F23912A93AD2937C038B77F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2015 7:48:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XJtxXpzNquXxf52Tp48Dskkl/nmXqY7EglxLthdM7W3vDbxc:Zt7JDB52lf3w+XqY7NlZdii+

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, AC, BD, 5C, 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, 0A, 54, E6, 2B, 19, 27, 7C, 0A, C0, 66, 4E, 8A, 35, 05, 5F, 48, EB, D8, 87, 74, 62, 2E, 07, AB, CF, 46, 98, F9, A7, E7, 81, 57, BC, 6D, E1, D2, 86, 21, D4, 5D, 2E, 66, EB, 05, C6, D0, 83, B7, DE, 83, 1B, 00, 5E, 20, 6C, 2F, F8, F2, C7, CC, 94, 16, 19, 50, C3, C0, 56, C7, AA, 6F, F4, 3C, 29, C2, DD, 3F, 4B, CA, C2, A1, AE, 25, 42, 09, F8, F8, A2, D2, 6C, ED, 50, A5, D5...
 
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Entropy:
7.9396

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,227,776 bytes)

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

http://admin.mymagnofile.com/hGpqTYCUgPhiPtvgTz2UvZ5AUr-lAGUZMCuvdzOKh4qVqeA8RoszdfnDTQLlLhglfT2KiW_P_xKCv4hvdmUELnTOIqTx4El-amm2FYUkwImGRD0-Wzrcfl2QRW-syKogmTsJmRAdw0caQO9wSI-l0bNEPbqIzvQmcWbKUWWQ41rh-2bqqPBjP9IajOeM_hMMtsyqiSuMeuyRQRXd7JRbq9IKo72EZYTU9TDSEpwGn1VF_bMvb_fLOk8rcSSQcNVj9YKFKSsGiEPlVTqgQAOzLkrdy8TSbv2tUlggbHHmDq-obDXQuQdefC5uTwHagTfs_sNTfBfMqVFklITGTp-ja4zHN_5EFi4ANyjSAwQ_KmBiRFT8WTdbGaCRwIxdDMrUQ6A8JYahqjvAEETs-E39jlKzEIM2RBh-bm8yU4UXFE0

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