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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 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from fhpnaps5.mumy47iqd.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1df7fdbbff260afa115da395435893d0

SHA-1:
92371c420475072f094a9bb9b620eb675811dfa5

SHA-256:
c4fcdc90132690df0ca83f0126811b3ac44c7f8519adcef85f463d3c153807df

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
12/28/2024 2:05:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
816

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.11.11

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

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

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3294

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
1.0.20.1575

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-74
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.40942
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse (variant)
8.10705

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AntiAV.LGC!tr
11/11/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-3b323074
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-11-11_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13965

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.11.11.05

McAfee
Socrydo
5600.6950

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.4
15.0.0.945

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DriverUpd.dilccw
0.28.6.62995

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.11.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.11.11.5

Sophos
SoftPulse
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
931.9 KB (954,312 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:
10/8/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
11/8/2014 8:15:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:26IMwPvmB/wWq+5DUTt7FGSwmpu8nL6YKC:26j19rut7FoU56I

Entry address:
0x13716

Entry point:
E8, BD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, C0, 10, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, A8, 48, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C2, 7B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4053

Code size:
172.5 KB (176,640 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://fhpnaps5.mumy47iqd.com/ZCVmN2X-hZnqBSiCpIvqgXPSYc6nBjNN-D9F26lYK4Xr5X5aWTuVvkr_mu3K7m9I7JmWXI3fz5dy_3EoJQGMpZZQpQFycdiKHqAyTtcgSKSe9F9fWMlnxFOd1MdHmcSW?sbb=['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

http://fhpnaps5.mumy47iqd.com/ZCVmN2X-hZnqBSiCpIvqgXPSYc6nBjNN-D9F26lYK4Xr5X5aWTuVvkr_mu3K7m9I7JmWXI3fz5dy_3EoJQGMpZZQpQFycdiKHqAyTtcgSKSe9F9fWMlnxFOd1MdHmcSW?sbb=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

http://ttb.youltotalupdate.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=7999020262

http://www.yuntaishan9.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=602&dv1=ad595-gb&kw1=ad595-gb-ln&uuid=9e318cff-a1c2-40cb-6568-2c87748bd160&dv3=9e318cff-a1c2-40cb-6568-2c87748bd160

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