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setup.exe

Video Plugin software 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 Video Plugin software SL has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.guideforeign.com.
Publisher:
Video Plugin software SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8f90abbf032d3fe2662afb8b188784ec

SHA-1:
75405ca75500eeb9ad7814aea4c182293d6bc1ee

SHA-256:
fa36a58db412775ebcb99b5603c23a9cad30c67a7a3d98504ca11d5d7bf44a54

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/24/2024 5:42:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.27

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.oant
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DC [Adw]
2014.9-150326

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3159

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Strictor.79303
1.0.20.425

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Softpulse-90
0.98/20205

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21544

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.107
9.0.1.085

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.1144744
8.15.03.26.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-e8f52f8c
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Gen:Variant.Strictor.79303
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 978287.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.1.3

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15389

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DriverUpd
14.0.0.2288

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.03.26.10

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6815

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dmolry
0.30.8.659

Norman
Inject.!gen
11.20150326

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.SoftPulse.849024
15.03.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.26.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.VideoPluginsoftware
15.3.26.9

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Revm.h!1075356543
23.00.65.15324

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36504

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SoftPulse.Win32.88
2.0.0.2117

File size:
829.1 KB (849,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Video Plugin software SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/29/2015 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Video Plugin software SL, O=Video Plugin software 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:
188D6F880CEBB210A9FC776063917998

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2015 11:28:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wDFhwFzsQNLAr5bj/b4FKHrJ841gAQguqMwPE:MFhwFzPBYb02y4SA5Mp

Entry address:
0xD1F6

Entry point:
B8, 04, 4F, 4F, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 73, F1, 69, 6F, 75, 37, 69, 00, BD, E0, 1B, 9D, F3, 0F, E0, 04, B2, 30, 6F, C5, B2, 4E, 4C, DD, DE, AB, D6, 05, 75, 42, 60, 93, 74, E5, 55, A7, 31, D3, 5C, 00, F1, 79, C9, BD, 9B, F6, 2C, BA, 73, E8, 12, 7F, 3E, 56, 3A, 57, A3, F2, 41, 8D, 9A, BC, 5A, E7, 98, 33, DD, 73, 1B, C4, 6F, B6, 82, AB, 92, 10, 9B, 1B, 94, 63, B4, 0C, AF, EB, 94, 42, 06, 8E, F0, D5, 51, 7C, CA, 01, D0, 68, 23, 6D, 3D, F6, E2...
 
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Entropy:
7.9794  (probably packed)

Code size:
146.5 KB (150,016 bytes)

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

http://www.guideforeign.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=321&dv1=ad315-au&kw1=ad315-au-qyc&uuid=6b517c03-da85-4ed1-51cf-163c24f61803&dv3=6b517c03-da85-4ed1-51cf-163c24f61803

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