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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 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from fvdxhd.d48p6y454i.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
a32159edc3ea6abd98d3e7d140efc4e4

SHA-1:
8a163e7df1d87ce94be80857ee40bb5d925fe0fe

SHA-256:
16c87fadcf7ae70ddbd141fd5d2e49401b95d8093d35f416b8d6d9ff9380e9b8

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/25/2024 8:28:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OLP
818

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.W32.Agent
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.11.09

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen
7.11.183.186

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-AJ [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AW
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.OLP
1.0.20.1560

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-16335
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DomaIQ.FSX
20030

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36013
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.OLP
8.14.11.08.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10691

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloaderLMN
11/8/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-a1299ecf
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OLP
11.2014-08-11_7

G Data
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.13943

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.08.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6952

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OLP
15.0.0.936

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwfat
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.11.06.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.11.8.12

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.LMN
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.13908
2.0.0.1977

File size:
1.3 MB (1,390,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update SL

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/12/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, L=Guia De Isora, S=Tenerife, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1858913428C49A270BE00711E97381C6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/1/2014 6:36:57 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qrKqlGCPcJKwybUDwEZZODYmR9G+gnbkk6XRJfe3DqYO/KpLwFfngWX4VmJPaky:qrKo4ZwCOnYjVmJPaJ

Entry address:
0x7D90

Entry point:
E8, C8, 41, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3E, 27, 00, 00, FF, 35, 94, AE, 47, 00, FF, 15, A4, 70, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 0A, 49, 00, 00, 59, 59, E9, 22, 49, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 62, 49, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, E8, C0, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, 8B, E5, 5D, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, 84, 0F, 47, 00, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 27, 30, 00, 00, 68, 9C, 74, 47, 00, 8D, 45, F0, C7, 45, F0, 7C, 0F, 47, 00, 50, E8, 7C, 27, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5715

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://fvdxhd.d48p6y454i.com/yPvRJxKLoZwD9nbrHp4-wGr8xri3h7_mFWkh8s8QZzk0lMepgYof6beN_xqb4tcnZm8pk0dOmPFmF2SlGA2-U_ShAg6ak6QuL1xoXgl8xUhr0TlSNUw0WneCjP2NCSP5?sbb=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

http://ttb.newallsoft.com/download/request/.../pf51jgCo?PubID=79_3811_3027&ClickID=7401721527

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