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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 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from j7t0thvvkeu.ujp9z3tid.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fe995245e4518e5119b5b53768041d7f

SHA-1:
8ff21a16ccb205d1d99f6b92bbe97bbaeccb23b5

SHA-256:
5f22f1ebb873a91b7a666fe5b123f3ba36377cbaaf2103aa624c37e1650d04d7

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
11/26/2024 3:35:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.SoftPulse
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.01.24

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.204.208

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-CZ [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3220

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-124
0.98/19967

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20817

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.105
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-f97d9b04
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.192.14734

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigiPlug
v2015.01.23.01

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6876

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.dmtwus
0.30.0.64812

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.23.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.1.23.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4734384
36666

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.38048
2.0.0.2043

File size:
683.6 KB (700,040 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):
12288:8blqQlW2GBeES4SE3Sh3TKn1e7UjeeU55JHwvNzR8nbYMhlXfymi2SuHfh:cpGBe+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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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.

http://j7t0thvvkeu.ujp9z3tid.com/7j1zQcaH7Q238zcjTRjo0-3vJozSLcOQrt1SiGvUFQSRQPYbceOKpS4IzFbpx2kSvOQz7bSl4a4AjUFCFcMFfjcO6I1jUSs3ceazft4QPpocsrYRYVTBHE7U4eNpFEqYYflE592tyMTGT5FrqGLlvucx-gh-I12NGiTJpjS8rLkm83GsMQO6p7E1xHksxUVK6WjZ7Fd2IMFc_D-EkOgFfw?sbb=['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

http://j7t0thvvkeu.ujp9z3tid.com/7j1zQcaH7Q238zcjTRjo0-3vJozSLcOQrt1SiGvUFQSRQPYbceOKpS4IzFbpx2kSvOQz7bSl4a4AjUFCFcMFfjcO6I1jUSs3ceazft4QPpocsrYRYVTBHE7U4eNpFEqYYflE592tyMTGT5FrqGLlvucx-gh-I12NGiTJpjS8rLkm83GsMQO6p7E1xHksxUVK6WjZ7Fd2IMFc_D-EkOgFfw?sbb=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

http://ttb.yourfilesbox.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=9427993599

http://www.topflvsoft.com/f/ca/.../index.php?sid=2117&dv1=ad2114-ca&kw1=ad2114-ca-cl&uuid=ef8f50cf-4a80-4434-66aa-51dfcf548d3f&dv3=ef8f50cf-4a80-4434-66aa-51dfcf548d3f

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