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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 13 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.ctxxqp.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0f9f94c0d7fd89ee1f7c76bf9111b3ad

SHA-1:
74f2842dcb9371442dc4b9254544a525f14b92fe

SHA-256:
6be5ac4634bf55d3b10f731d04a9c8f1f456e4178e093db7affe3660cbaf6661

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
11/6/2024 8:31:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
819

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3297

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
1.0.20.1560

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10691

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
11/8/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-08-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13943

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6953

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.11.8.10

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
958.5 KB (981,456 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:
10/8/2014 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:
11/7/2014 4:27:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:y9+z4WWD6/G3a72nsZTHZROn7MjX/C++u0+jJhkCas:y9+z4Witq7IGZRO7oXD0+1hws

Entry address:
0x136F6

Entry point:
E8, BD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, C0, 10, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 18, 49, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C2, 7B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

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

http://www.ctxxqp.com/file.php?geo=NL&dv1=NL_a129_pc_2014-11-07-14&clickid=1415385931

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