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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 java.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2c3ab01cf0b45ef39ba3a2e24d5324c1

SHA-1:
4e6bd0dfdde31f5731b568ae1eb4859962f685cd

SHA-256:
690244565a601076c2a168ada73eed6ee5866c3b4feed68cc05a045366796194

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:
12/24/2024 11:58:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.15.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,258,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/12/2014 10:31:06 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 10:31:06 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:
7/2/2014 3:22:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x82EC

Entry point:
E8, 66, 61, 00, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, E9, ED, 49, 00, 00, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, C3, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 4F, 68, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 66, 68, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 35, 80, B0, 43, 00, FF, 15, 24, 71, 42, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 20, 71, 42, 00, A3, 80, B0, 43, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, A3, 6A, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F...
 
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Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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