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setup.exe

SetupWizard

Plugin Update S.L.

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 setup.exe by Plugin Update S.L 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from om.flvupdate.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SetupWizard

Description:
Setup Wizard

Version:
3.4.5.2

MD5:
55f809ce1f467931340fe50e58e38c5a

SHA-1:
0433d4e88e2b2e11a0e1be4b23526f6ba3cd4387

SHA-256:
2393a0771315c924679587dec9be6285f8c7b95b08e14ba360405cc38a73f4ce

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:
11/7/2024 9:38:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.4.7.19

File size:
960.5 KB (983,520 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.5.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
SetupWizard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update S.L., O=Plugin Update S.L., 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:
0E923B9CF60DA59FC3A43A87A8071FC2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/28/2014 8:52:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Pob9GXioEE6FY5fQ5emJYeXOxXzF6oHU9gfj:PohGXiBE6FY1ps656tgr

Entry address:
0x118E6

Entry point:
B8, 30, F2, 56, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 2A, FB, B6, 3A, 1C, 64, E5, 8A, D4, C7, FD, 61, 8E, E7, E8, E9, B4, 0A, 4C, 91, E3, 22, 20, 39, CE, 45, CE, CE, D5, D6, F9, 25, BA, 89, 97, 3F, 4A, 32, 73, 92, 1D, B4, B7, 8A, F2, 3B, 40, A1, 0F, E4, 3F, D9, FE, 2B, 6B, B2, B7, A5, 26, 45, CE, 8D, E0, 84, 93, B3, 69, C6, 53, 90, 23, 6D, D5, 49, CE, 85, 4B, 61, DE, F6, 6E, 89, 8A, CA, BC, 33, 93, 9E, E5, F0, CE, 8F, 6E...
 
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Entropy:
7.9777

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
155 KB (158,720 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://om.flvupdate.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=300&dv1=ad294-gb&kw1=ad294-gb-qyc-intel&uuid=ceb1c53a-7fea-4238-6efe-d526b1e7bf96&dv3=ceb1c53a-7fea-4238-6efe-d526b1e7bf96

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