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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 32 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.googlekkcs.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4270b48f13754358887b16bceb1a9049

SHA-1:
18197c1cb703b0b52d79840b2841f1ce921b348e

SHA-256:
f7651c0497c0c1a360793560014c40742de7eae376edc57734b9d229e4cf311a

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
12/24/2024 5:17:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
746

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/PECompact
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2015.01.18

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.202.56

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3226

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
1.0.20.100

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20747

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.107
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
8.15.01.20.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SoftPulse
1/20/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-68b8ba6a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-20-01_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14671

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigiPlug
v2015.01.17.06

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6880

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.P
16.0.0.60

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dmhxcl
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Inject.!gen
11.20150117

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.17.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM17.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.17.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15115

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36666

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.86
2.0.0.2038

File size:
829.1 KB (849,032 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
1/16/2015 8:28:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rDFhwFzsQNLAr5bj/b4FKHrJ841gAQguqMwP6:/FhwFzPBYb02y4SA5MT

Entry address:
0xD1F6

Entry point:
B8, 04, 4F, 4F, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 73, F1, 69, 6F, 75, 37, 69, 00, BD, E0, 1B, 9D, F3, 0F, E0, 04, B2, 30, 6F, C5, B2, 4E, 4C, DD, DE, AB, D6, 05, 75, 42, 60, 93, 74, E5, 55, A7, 31, D3, 5C, 00, F1, 79, C9, BD, 9B, F6, 2C, BA, 73, E8, 12, 7F, 3E, 56, 3A, 57, A3, F2, 41, 8D, 9A, BC, 5A, E7, 98, 33, DD, 73, 1B, C4, 6F, B6, 82, AB, 92, 10, 9B, 1B, 94, 63, B4, 0C, AF, EB, 94, 42, 06, 8E, F0, D5, 51, 7C, CA, 01, D0, 68, 23, 6D, 3D, F6, E2...
 
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Entropy:
7.9794  (probably packed)

Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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

http://www.googlekkcs.com/f/us/.../index.php?sid=1156&dv1=ad1154-us&kw1=ad1154-us-lm&uuid=c6e3f1b9-aa2c-4d44-4361-b1adea0fac75&dv3=c6e3f1b9-aa2c-4d44-4361-b1adea0fac75

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