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flash_player_14_plugin.exe

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 application flash_player_14_plugin.exe 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.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dc284ec94cfb800d8d522a8abe63d799

SHA-1:
880ea0f128eb62480302a63c9e40de4f6c6b5392

SHA-256:
7ea9500479f789384ebf6003ec93e6ba60a403dfb94297ec40fd820d265eed56

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 5:19:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.16.9

File size:
1.2 MB (1,262,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\flash_player_14_plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=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:
01438AF7C5B708CB0E497C84D028BF72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/2/2014 6:37:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x3549

Entry point:
E8, BD, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, FF, 35, 98, AC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 70, 10, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, B9, 39, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 70, 48, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 87, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, C7, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 6D, 14, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 80, 16, 41, 00, E8, 6A, 30, 00, 00, 68, B4, 75, 41, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 78, 16, 41, 00, E8, 78, 0E...
 
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Code size:
63 KB (64,512 bytes)

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