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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from javadownloadv.com.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
03f1b8c2d61f081db1139a17791047ab

SHA-1:
89fde65b5f27fdeab915c5db141d3e2a4fd860fe

SHA-256:
9e2fd5356c535599d06d2365a045bb88ba88dda948868d0caccc620e1c807fd7

Scanner detections:
13 / 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 2:04:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12792322
512

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DC [Adw]
2014.9-150911

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-124
0.98/20278

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.105
9.0.1.0254

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12792322
8.15.09.11.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12792322
11.2015-11-09_6

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of daprm3r3.exe.part (Adware)
2015.9.11.9

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.1443

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
5600.6646

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
15.8.5.7

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
36504

File size:
683.6 KB (700,024 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:
10/7/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
1/14/2015 5:53:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:RblqQlW2GBeES4SE3Sh3TKn1e7UjeeU55JHwvNzR8nbYMhlXfymi2SuHffS:npGBe+SDhodjl85JHwvNybXvymRSu/6

Entry address:
0xDE16E

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9721

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
207 KB (211,968 bytes)

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

http://javadownloadv.com/.../out.php?sxid=manix2129683

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