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 32 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from 4th8ptud3c4.yd9i3th.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
5cbd78bb5cfc7c68e8a641681acae5de

SHA-1:
8394a4c411fd3204db17426eff645de4a97eb59b

SHA-256:
f8ed9a099119a8439a24dd792f354d138f4c06ce6fc876ad207a768fb20dc798

Scanner detections:
32 / 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 12:22:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
6330919

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:PUP-gen [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3234

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
1.0.20.45

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.Domaiq.41
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DriverUpd
1/9/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-a12b5690
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14496

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Plugin
v2015.01.09.05

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6890

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
16.0.0.27

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dlfurr
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.09.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
15.1.9.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15107

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

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:
588.5 KB (602,624 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:
Spagnolo (Spagna, ordinamento internazionale)

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:
12/26/2014 12:41:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0XznQ+bCxWrUhLZvzC/igEhrNA9SNwyrYAmyhIna3PiGpYh7j8:FgIh0/iLhrekeKYAl4RN8

Entry address:
0xFEB6

Entry point:
B8, 0C, B2, 4B, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 68, 79, 75, 68, 64, 73, 34, 00, B2, 2E, 61, 31, F3, 47, 01, D3, 96, 96, 68, 81, 0A, E1, 1F, C5, 59, 80, F6, 07, 20, 84, 5D, 0D, 8B, 6B, 83, 1C, 68, 17, 09, 24, F0, 84, 12, A9, E6, 71, D1, 69, F3, 24, 8E, 3F, 77, 46, AE, F2, BA, 26, 2F, 05, B0, 68, 18, FD, 91, 84, 4D, A8, FB, 93, 07, 27, 83, C6, D5, D6, BD, 7B, B4, DE, 0B, 83, F7, 78, 8D, 6A, 2B, 18, 2D, BB, 65, C8, 1A, 46, 85, EA, 55, 06, A3, C7, E6...
 
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Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://4th8ptud3c4.yd9i3th.com/LWhukM0Mv33h3rjfQ2JfZMtMTFGSwGdFuq3PcPZRO2R4Sv-i9mSdet0t_gg-UKWzLwpdkSr0qGO3FNvzJ1pRXWkRAE5A3eQAiAR1pJ3FJ_uvBZMzOION5YzrQ6KVqHkBdcqMhaB6dYA0D95KRXGwAtHAud1TUelD_kvuWhi90T8?sbb=['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

http://4th8ptud3c4.yd9i3th.com/LWhukM0Mv33h3rjfQ2JfZMtMTFGSwGdFuq3PcPZRO2R4Sv-i9mSdet0t_gg-UKWzLwpdkSr0qGO3FNvzJ1pRXWkRAE5A3eQAiAR1pJ3FJ_uvBZMzOION5YzrQ6KVqHkBdcqMhaB6dYA0D95KRXGwAtHAud1TUelD_kvuWhi90T8?sbb=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

http://ttb.totalfileslist.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=9038390375

http://git.agreementflv.com/f/it/.../index.php?sid=480&dv1=ad473-it&kw1=ad473-it-qyc&uuid=d7480d12-0224-4065-6b6d-656f19c063cb&dv3=d7480d12-0224-4065-6b6d-656f19c063cb

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