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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 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from jxtepehmxp.65w3dki4ux.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
372f69986aa36e367713bf56ea9a999d

SHA-1:
8d5bc131408d1e62c4b85680103f0b3e0f34ab11

SHA-256:
ef3fe185aaa7a803416fcbc2a8ba0e6cacdf5701110df7026a5203c08196f1cb

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
11/25/2024 5:00:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OLP
853

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.Gen8
7.11.176.158

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3331

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.OLP
1.0.20.1390

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-16335
0.98/19479

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.OLP
8.14.10.05.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10513

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OLP
11.2014-05-10_1

G Data
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13584

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.LMN
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.10.05.08

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6987

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OLP
15.0.0.834

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dfwfat
0.28.2.62440

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OLP
14.10.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Downloader.WKR
14.10.05.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.10.5.7

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
33624

File size:
1.3 MB (1,390,624 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:
6/12/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/13/2015 12:59:59 AM

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 12:36:57 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qrKqlGCPcJKwybUDwEZZODYmR9G+gnbkk6XRJfe3DqYO/KpLwFfngWX4VmJPak0:qrKo4ZwCOnYjVmJPaX

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 3 URLs.

http://jxtepehmxp.65w3dki4ux.com/Npad9gWdwvtZdy6FHziHGQc4RGOoJfc9iDTxrEDQSVWBRyZXw_bhPUUcOg-C87iDA8nLbWN8uS4TgoN3zB-UwhMXBgeLKUrdLZLX1VkTzRPJM10WRV4sZzqKEDvbuqFh?sbb=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

http://ttb.softpcdll.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=7355537152

http://www.softwcdf.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=232&dv1=ad226-gb&kw1=ad226-gb-hj&uuid=c1bce507-b259-4762-69fd-f539b1ac76ba&dv3=c1bce507-b259-4762-69fd-f539b1ac76ba

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