Setup.exe

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 Setup.exe by Plugin Update SL has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from kyle.mxp456.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
74f18bdb4b2203f6e50cf3df55b5ea98

SHA-1:
11c9868e2700cf6f8c07cfd1030bdd3e9d1050a7

SHA-256:
4a4f18ae291c7f31311a23e1836027d4e8f251cb8a0a5ab16d504fe5543b0efa

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/9/2024 1:16:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Found Win32/DH{gRJ UIEHeVRPFVGBFYEJHFOBE0GBDw}
2015.0.3383

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.28.15

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13054

McAfee
Program.Socrydo
5600.7039

Norman
Malware
11.20141028

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.8.14.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
32186

File size:
1.3 MB (1,373,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=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:
01438AF7C5B708CB0E497C84D028BF72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2014 1:04:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XS6Cqp3hVbl9HxvLhgAFlMlCcmpElsnevdxK1Np3:iqp3LDxdg4lMASl9dxKnF

Entry address:
0x3DF6

Entry point:
E8, 09, 27, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 80, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, F4, 95, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6727

Code size:
61.5 KB (62,976 bytes)

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

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