home

setup.exe

taskhost

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 35 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.readytwos.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
2b4496356e8f37ef51001ab12e0db964

SHA-1:
484d61f5f5cbb4b7d1eb71841891f813970b2863

SHA-256:
b449eca6f8423ae445e9438f184f3902768a513e3fd8ae312f8fdc74d4e376ba

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
11/24/2024 6:47:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
551

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.02.28

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aone
7.11.212.170

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DC [Adw]
2014.9-150803

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3029

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
1.0.20.1075

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-34581
0.98/19865

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21229

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.60009
9.0.1.0215

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
8.15.08.03.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
8/3/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-18f02031
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2015-03-08_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
15.8.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.9.7.21

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1915108

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.1640

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.08.03.02

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6685

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.20
16.0.0.645

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dlpkgv
0.30.0.296

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
11.20150803

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.08.03.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
15.8.3.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15801

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.215

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.03

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.71
2.0.0.2083

File size:
588.5 KB (602,624 bytes)

Product version:
6. 5. 4. 6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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:
12/26/2014 6:41:44 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0XznQ+bCxWrUhLZvzC/igEhrNA9SNwyrYAmyhIna3PiGpYh7jU:FgIh0/iLhrekeKYAl4RNU

Entry address:
0xFEB6

Entry point:
B8, 0C, B2, 4B, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 68, 79, 75, 68, 64, 73, 34, 00, B2, 2E, 61, 31, F3, 47, 01, D3, 96, 96, 68, 81, 0A, E1, 1F, C5, 59, 80, F6, 07, 20, 84, 5D, 0D, 8B, 6B, 83, 1C, 68, 17, 09, 24, F0, 84, 12, A9, E6, 71, D1, 69, F3, 24, 8E, 3F, 77, 46, AE, F2, BA, 26, 2F, 05, B0, 68, 18, FD, 91, 84, 4D, A8, FB, 93, 07, 27, 83, C6, D5, D6, BD, 7B, B4, DE, 0B, 83, F7, 78, 8D, 6A, 2B, 18, 2D, BB, 65, C8, 1A, 46, 85, EA, 55, 06, A3, C7, E6...
 
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Entropy:
7.9619  (probably packed)

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

http://www.readytwos.com/j/us/.../index.php?sid=497&dv1=ad490-us&kw1=ad490-us-xx&uuid=58cbb2a7-c4ff-4ecf-7c5e-f49f00a9cd6e&dv3=58cbb2a7-c4ff-4ecf-7c5e-f49f00a9cd6e

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