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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 player setup.exe by Plugin Update SL has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
161d86468f22f3814b6a178b83d1eba1

SHA-1:
087641cf1b392cfe9c2daae91ab6192ae55964f0

SHA-256:
938125d8e2ef60818d016827b11c76d6c8e723d8e6f4365bec4983a4e9d710fd

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/8/2024 8:45:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.11816518
791

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SmartSecure
2014.09.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.174.250

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AH [PUP]
2014.9-140924

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3342

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11816518
1.0.20.1695

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-46
0.98/19443

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.11816518
8.14.12.05.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.K potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.TVJF!tr
9/24/2014

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.11816518
11.2014-05-12_6

G Data
Trojan.Generic.11816518
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player setup (40).exe (Adware)
2014.12.6.4

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13504

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3204

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2014.09.24.06

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6998

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.1297.0

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.11816518
15.0.0.1017

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dflmyv
0.28.2.62286

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.11816518
14.09.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.24.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
14.9.24.6

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32938

File size:
1.3 MB (1,367,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/12/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1858913428C49A270BE00711E97381C6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2014 1:52:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jGjJZtAXaMb5YpCCNAfGU64giomYhXlZwVBhVS+JbIHICWKotTn+:jGNZpbmfLRgioDXz+BhA3SvVn

Entry address:
0x6D2E

Entry point:
E8, 26, 40, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 78, 4C, 46, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 50, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, 1D, 38, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, C6, 46, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, DD, 46, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, E8, 5F, 47, 00, 00, C7, 06, 30, B7, 45, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 30, B7, 45, 00, E9, 6A, 47, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 24, 48, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 02, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74...
 
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Entropy:
7.5661

Code size:
78.5 KB (80,384 bytes)

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