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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 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4a31821a730d9f2662d9bc9e98fe24ee

SHA-1:
93cd5e89950e6aa207f4015b8e5b8562e61f45cc

SHA-256:
fa5f6607a30b75bc2b333aee4318cdf00def629d44f01a42d64d2d91cece669f

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
11/5/2024 1:45:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12211052
491

avast!
SoftPulse-BB [PUP]
2014.9-151001

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20232

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.0274

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12211052
8.15.10.01.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.Q potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12211052
11.2015-01-10_5

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup v2 1 (54).exe (Adware)
2015.10.1.12

Norman
Trojan.Generic.12211052
11.20151001

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.PluginUpdate.Bundler (M)
15.8.17.7

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
35088

File size:
1014.7 KB (1,039,072 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 SL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plugin Update SL, O=Plugin Update SL, 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:
23D0DE494A0B1445D561131B4AEDA90C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2014 9:53:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NbxGVw00LYqfMAZc4hUHRAN6lI9bNTzDlgWs58qXiS7i4oZ4:la0LLBOLSeiT9USSW/e

Entry address:
0x17AC70

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F7, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8874

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
976 KB (999,424 bytes)

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

http://a1.do/affiliate

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