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setup.exe

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 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 nuforiq.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e16621e83b33062534884b5092039a57

SHA-1:
5bee3e71ff8c6f9f46cbe4298973e7422a290dce

SHA-256:
4d39fbf1793c1c6a8971ac6aab2fffd00460e6582db91362aa56e50ba8add0d0

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 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 12:26:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.14.1

File size:
712 KB (729,128 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:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 3:14:26 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 3:14:26 PM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, O=PLUGIN UPDATE S.L, L=GUIA DE ISORA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
079EA58C1A6ED1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2015 1:32:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x8B4E

Entry point:
E8, 85, 04, 00, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, E1, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 44, E1, 40, 00, 89, 15, 40, E1, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, E1, 40, 00, 89, 35, 38, E1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 34, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 60, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 54, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 30, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 2C, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 28, E1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 24, E1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 58, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 4C, E1, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 50, E1, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 5C, E1, 40...
 
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Entropy:
7.9125  (probably packed)

Code size:
33 KB (33,792 bytes)

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

http://nuforiq.com/.../Setup.exe

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