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setup.exe

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 ttb.0vin60f6.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9f4b63a2da2ee87b1b1010ad534f6ad4

SHA-1:
0e38b936cb3c83ac6bcc58cea7719fbbc66afd8c

SHA-256:
e4ecc4d0034531286879266a6bb0e161b15b0e04df462b80928b5a3e337dfe99

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:
11/23/2024 1:37:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PLUGINUP.Bundler (M)
16.6.15.19

File size:
546.5 KB (559,584 bytes)

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:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 9:14:26 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 9:14:26 AM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, O=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
079EA58C1A6ED1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/6/2015 6:52:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ez9oONBDVugl28m4NBY3B3UFaTO3G9iXbDky8GGsrVOUrtW9HmVvukQt:nwGHF4jxsz9qbDky8GGsrVOUrEUvunt

Entry address:
0x198630

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, EE, 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:
7.8598

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

Code size:
504 KB (516,096 bytes)

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

http://ttb.0vin60f6.com/download/request/.../CJzxGx39?__tc=1413669968.705&lpsl=ba132806ddf7d156699843ad7bd1df58&expire=1413756373&PubID=230454&tgu_src_lp_domain=www.dwlultimatesoft.com&ClickID=ubba2027c5145045d9254ce983b&fileName=Setup

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