59b0.tmp

Plugin Update 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 file 59b0.tmp by Plugin Update 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 the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ab503157aef32c68e755e2621ca534bb

SHA-1:
d4d7bf91e90ac2291c0b33bfad66d297ad746f56

SHA-256:
a058395e1a8b4368ac781c6373d4649e1bd643bc5f7bb530bc957202fafd85fd

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:
11/22/2024 7:41:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.2.0

File size:
1.3 MB (1,390,848 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\59b0.tmp

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/12/2014 5:31:06 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 5:31:06 AM

Subject:
E=contact@pluginupdatesl.com, CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C2BF8ED71E96CCD55D3A79E92DAEAD78

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/2014 1:52:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x22DC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 40, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, 08, 8F, 42, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 3C, 80, 42, 00, 01, 75, 1E, 8D, 04, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, E8, 21, 41, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D2, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 38, 80, 42, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, 9C, A0, 41, 00, 56, BE, 38, 80, 42, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 3E, 41, 00, 00, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6...
 
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Code size:
97 KB (99,328 bytes)

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