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spotify.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 spotify.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.
Publisher:
Digital Plugin SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2397a8b14d629dc2987f80e42756b5d5

SHA-1:
327a938ddb654653a7f98192aef3dc7d0c6d219d

SHA-256:
ecbfe0c59acfe2c3421817a6828cea944453f6506a374f4a23bde18b87efb533

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:
11/2/2024 5:19:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.4

File size:
537.2 KB (550,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\spotify.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
5/15/2015 5:55:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 40, AD, 59, 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, E4, 6A, 6A, 8B, 82, 48, 08, AF, 86, AD, A5, DA, 32, 42, 78, 64, 6E, 2C, BA, 28, 56, 89, E4, A8, A9, F0, 06, CF, 0B, 5D, 6A, 42, 44, AC, 23, 24, D7, 66, A5, 74, FD, 9D, A0, 7E, 1E, 43, EC, D8, F2, AD, FE, 88, F1, 0E, CF, 5B, 6D, DD, E1, F9, 6E, AC, 88, 9C, FB, AB, E9, 76, 7B, 34, DF, 4A, 16, E9, 4E, 61, AE, D9, 6D, 76, 64, A3, 89, A4, 17, 4B, 51, 09, BD, 47, AC, DC, 53...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,074,688 bytes)

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