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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 setup.exe by Plugin Update SL 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.famdls.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac293d3cb9937e37a24b5a27bf1330d7

SHA-1:
3acccad5826b9ff336728b5b355ac70296f15757

SHA-256:
e8fcdcf9e1a6962656c8011f5e8d8364fb1e26af4dbad8a77f8cfaf4cb264a3a

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:
11/5/2024 3:31:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)
16.6.14.21

File size:
921.7 KB (943,832 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 SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2015 5:29:59 AM

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:
11/27/2014 2:23:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CSgL31KTKC03IPjbku8H4TQwXy7ONYWGgRcEnekCJ73RXtb9j00ukmqVgrTmMVM3:CZ8Kp3Kk4TGONPG8dCJj5DA7kh8G

Entry address:
0x136E6

Entry point:
B8, 20, 00, 59, 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, 0A, AA, D6, 0E, 73, 01, 06, CB, 1E, D6, B9, 79, EA, 5C, BB, D6, 26, 54, 8E, 2D, E6, 28, 13, 35, 02, C0, E8, 5C, C7, 06, 34, E8, 70, FD, 1C, 85, 40, 08, 73, 51, E0, 62, C9, E2, 5F, 05, 0E, D6, 03, 98, 68, 81, 78, F0, 76, F5, AE, 2E, 94, 91, E3, 1A, 64, D0, 43, 3B, 00, A0, 3D, 4D, 77, 96, 9C, 18, 38, 29, D1, 45, 78, AF, D4, BA, A2, BD, 39, C4, 61, A4, E2, FC, FD, 60, 52...
 
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Entropy:
7.9765

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

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

http://ttb.famdls.com/download/request/.../LErU6QUf?&__tc=1417099611361&fileName=Setup

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