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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 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cua5lc.6om8d5yr.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
341a72da47860a0fa2283d108b5a074a

SHA-1:
77891d9096f38e07265217a4927f7cd53fd89927

SHA-256:
1278e8b3d37047abb98b9888748c84d4a089b00ac4629ef804212936ef64c945

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/7/2024 2:59:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
6285923

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.07

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-BE [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Pluginup
2016.0.3237

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
1.0.20.30

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/19889

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20625

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
1/6/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-76752e8b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.1814554

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2680

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.01.06.11

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
16.0.0.18

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.djemsc
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49325
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.06.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.M
15.1.6.23

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Inject
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36340

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.52
2.0.0.2027

File size:
1014.7 KB (1,039,080 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update 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:
23D0DE494A0B1445D561131B4AEDA90C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2014 8:53:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tbxGVw00LYqfMAZc4hUHRAN6lI9bNTzDlgWs58qXiS7i4oZ:Fa0LLBOLSeiT9USSW/

Entry address:
0x17AC70

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8874

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
976 KB (999,424 bytes)

The file player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://cua5lc.6om8d5yr.com/CDT261J1AFB3i6TllRU7VcmQNXGq-sfN4hp8Wxbqp_vuPMoWp3F26WvsavrbfZRdbOSLOEpjlHHB8H90tq_lzhekqpbA7MZM9btmXj49NBKNZtliz1MRboGhkc2Uljow

http://ttb.softultimaterr.com/download/request/.../i0XNe39K?ClickID=009915524016271953728&PubID=009915524

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=PINOTAMPOP&pid=&q=pinoy tv show, pinoy tambayan, tambayan replay, pinoytambayan, pinoy network, fi

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