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setup.exe

PLUGIN UPDATE 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 PLUGIN UPDATE SL 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.ultimagno.com.
Publisher:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e8162158bfa14c92a4136c7b0f8382a5

SHA-1:
75ac92048e31d51d87da909a40fff01ae763429e

SHA-256:
f7c0f0cf8bf34b173dcc4823870beb6be1729cc079be0e404dc2ff6e8350a0fc

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 '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:
12/29/2024 4:07:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.22.10

File size:
572.9 KB (586,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUGIN UPDATE SL

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/13/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/12/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PLUGIN UPDATE SL, O=PLUGIN UPDATE SL, L=Guia de Isora, S=Santa Cruz de Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
6A96B10625A440E58FC64DBD383A43DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2015 12:22:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ywQvSTuCWAhHqYQPYUNj8GFI49aHzPd8EB4G8JddvBvGRx2T051TF2:c8HHqYQPYW9FyTPdx2Ge/vQRx2TQb2

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, D4, 8F, 5E, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 50, 2F, 50, DC, 53, 2D, 32, 82, DB, 91, DA, D5, FE, 63, 52, 25, 22, 19, 8E, CD, CA, 09, 54, EC, 40, 54, E8, 6C, 9D, 0C, B4, 50, D8, C1, 40, 22, 08, BF, 39, 8A, 3E, 07, 7A, 92, A7, 86, 6C, A4, D9, FA, EF, 99, F5, FC, 0D, A9, 3C, DC, 7D, 5B, 1D, ED, 5E, F6, 50, F2, 48, FE, FE, 16, DA, E2, 02, 04, 11, 00, 52, 42, 0D, DB, C1, 72, EB, 27, 44, 10, 71, EE, DB, B7, 72, CF, 78...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,374,208 bytes)

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

http://admin.ultimagno.com/aeAZf7zQlbcT9WqRTOwXqlRdC2HGxNMKbpwN_-l318odC3rut2w-563yQkMLm-NmgUgHH7N7Kr46RVJgcjXiTFsBW1G2l5fMSMbOH1QC1C3kZCL1Bg-skFUlgnNAx5g28uR1FkHeBCvSUuArTo4Ouf55FAIU-DcK_9_cKtAzGsDvJ0pm5cVRIHlq7mbpkTEUuXRngGhX7xF-rO9kJMD-6rhtnY2Eik7OiBp0v8VQeVI7GCynUTPPD72DNGBr7R2M7U8lfvgAlp6VQyl1ot1miQvXxFv-8ryZF9AbnmTcNqF6pHDj0eOE0u6DdDk4fLKIo9kfQ3hceOXd_Yxr2Xmyl0VdxJixqeqKk3I85UvFv15xd7_PkgGwYQ4anK8nzjW6z02f44pjC0Y02DLt_4nTGZHpH2_qkUdfy1w51xaBbjw

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