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setup.exe

taskhost

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

Product:
taskhost

Version:
5. 4. 5. 4

MD5:
3800df63339f29febcd492ca72e62739

SHA-1:
959c4ff5a1d96c01e0f98e7606ddb7422860d07d

SHA-256:
4b8c670c044c6fbe713aedbce52044f0daa7ee0303073ec5849e21bd65e2854a

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
11/24/2024 10:42:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
768

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/PECompact
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/SoftPulse
2014.12.27

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.198.40

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3246

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
1.0.20.1810

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-34581
0.98/19845

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20490

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.41
9.0.1.0365

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
8.14.12.28.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
11.2014-28-12_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14468

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SoftPulse
14.0.0.2727

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Plugin
v2014.12.28.12

McAfee
SoftPulse
5600.6902

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
15.0.0.1086

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dlfurr
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.49537
11.20141228

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.28.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.F
14.12.28.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.141226

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783235
35418

File size:
588.5 KB (602,624 bytes)

Product version:
6. 5. 4. 6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
taskhost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plugin Update S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 7:59:59 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:
12/26/2014 7:41:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0XznQ+bCxWrUhLZvzC/igEhrNA9SNwyrYAmyhIna3PiGpYh7jC:FgIh0/iLhrekeKYAl4RNC

Entry address:
0xFEB6

Entry point:
B8, 0C, B2, 4B, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 72, 77, 61, 68, 79, 75, 68, 64, 73, 34, 00, B2, 2E, 61, 31, F3, 47, 01, D3, 96, 96, 68, 81, 0A, E1, 1F, C5, 59, 80, F6, 07, 20, 84, 5D, 0D, 8B, 6B, 83, 1C, 68, 17, 09, 24, F0, 84, 12, A9, E6, 71, D1, 69, F3, 24, 8E, 3F, 77, 46, AE, F2, BA, 26, 2F, 05, B0, 68, 18, FD, 91, 84, 4D, A8, FB, 93, 07, 27, 83, C6, D5, D6, BD, 7B, B4, DE, 0B, 83, F7, 78, 8D, 6A, 2B, 18, 2D, BB, 65, C8, 1A, 46, 85, EA, 55, 06, A3, C7, E6...
 
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Entropy:
7.9619  (probably packed)

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

http://www.beautifuldo.com/f/au/.../index.php?sid=1193&dv1=ad1190-au&kw1=ad1190-au-lm&uuid=007f8a6b-68b8-4741-541f-eaa016d86d9b&dv3=007f8a6b-68b8-4741-541f-eaa016d86d9b

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