setup.exe

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 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from bqaqtuh.ujp9z3tid.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
58fb63a29d9337e88753c29e69354fe5

SHA-1:
8f9e33271d17972829a70d9c35dad475f366f827

SHA-256:
5c52681545b2c6aa4953f367d70538669515a7c53b1030b9e913a76a0ba36b4d

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
11/14/2024 3:19:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2015.01.16

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.201.138

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3228

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20723

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.105
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14658

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigiPlug
v2015.01.15.03

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.15.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
15.1.15.14

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

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
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 6:59:59 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 4:53:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:RblqQlW2GBeES4SE3Sh3TKn1e7UjeeU55JHwvNzR8nbYMhlXfymi2SuHfh:npGBe+SDhodjl85JHwvNybXvymRSu/h

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:
7.9720

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 4 URLs.

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