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 30 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 ec.jcoffer.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
c796375088eca2ee9b079dec8f9e877c

SHA-1:
552c6f497ba8d65e884f0e6b2dca61ce80f9d677

SHA-256:
4be1a9ce39a3779c94c53062155cf9d3228c869c623816b9a960cabf2db00ca9

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
11/7/2024 10:29:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
370

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.12.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.599480
7.11.198.180

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CP [PUP]
2014.9-160131

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2848

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
1.0.20.155

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20534

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.60009
9.0.1.031

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
8.16.01.31.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-a12b5690
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DomaIQ
11.2016-31-01_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
16.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14496

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.734

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Plugin
v2016.01.31.03

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6504

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
17.0.0.93

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dlfurr
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Application.Bundler.DomaIQ.V
11.20160131

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
16.01.31.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
16.1.31.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.16129

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.29688
2.0.0.2024

File size:
678.1 KB (694,384 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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
1/9/2015 3:53:07 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:H9vd0aaxLeAod/tYe+ElXMYM0oCl8YW6t26x/et8:H9vd0DLtelaYtOkfJ

Entry address:
0x116F6

Entry point:
E8, 9B, 65, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 8F, 03, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 9C, BF, 42, 00, E8, 13, 66, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, CC, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 4F, 66, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8...
 
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Code size:
155 KB (158,720 bytes)

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

http://ec.jcoffer.com/f/fr/.../index.php?sid=1748&dv1=ad1745-fr&kw1=ad1745-fr-ly&uuid=ddc99b20-f8fe-43d6-5293-30c8271fc1a4&dv3=ddc99b20-f8fe-43d6-5293-30c8271fc1a4

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