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

MD5:
c087f1b6783ac34b838956f5f7d594b0

SHA-1:
b131c321926a7dbb9a507ecb44801129ee452998

SHA-256:
aa78f9071e77f6f8a4986a081284d7db88afb5b1acd23579bb096d01abef1648

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:
11/15/2024 1:03:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.DigitalPlugin.Bundler (M)
16.2.12.20

File size:
680 KB (696,368 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}\spotify.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Plugin SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
7/28/2015 6:59:59 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:
7/6/2015 4:50:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1wEZxZLDznQwo5unUeArTE5yjgcy7LxOuH9/7HPuXRZ8dzfPtfdeEvnrvdXZPTh1:yEZxZLHnQwOunXLpvwuVbKz81VfTFXZz

Entry address:
0x1C2410

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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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
640 KB (655,360 bytes)

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

http://admin.mymagnofile.com/EwBdMJKnbqKVHlV5VcKrG3XuUYgCDxpYHK79Eu6BwbMJ1ok3ZBAbvvDcydYlObzz5UBAgAsfpLh1-eZvMlCvI9O-6BddDmqJDtNzPMzcnBdUR5leIRRfP26hfU5_cTSE51vTnQGkr_ziQkLliEuhv4gbDh4Di75MsFu9QHjdGkDuuL0BCvZ1Ruk0iXmqWc7Tlz7gGBmduIsznMl8Kur1o3VrfWS8CYedaqg2GMCMsHFvYYyCVKKWCOzaiq7wA3JBX9IHe4FQlT_-eWongCg89lkk1HdNKhP7enuEQvL9U8EZFojLUVbefWmqZpNCLilbB9vySPU3kaYd6KzyFPBWM4vtJiTrGIvj1Kx2gUZ9VgXHXOSa0BOwoSqGydqTDoOMxuO6132afK_HkMoJNZ0HJg

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