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setup.exe

SetupWizard

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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from jvupdatr.com.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Plugin Update S.L. (signed and verified)

Product:

SetupWizard

Description:

Setup Wizard

Version:

3.4.5.2

MD5:

a2dbbf64527dfbe7f3d985088580910e

SHA-1:

95e620765f988cc6ad14bba3b05780a8a31e65a4

SHA-256:

0fc6cfa774fa2edb77a628918a9c8bcd00fe7178fa004052990c231119d84c31

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:

11/7/2024 5:32:19 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Softpulse.PluginUp.Bundler (M)

16.6.24.6

File size:

960.5 KB (983,520 bytes)

Product version:

3.4.5.2

Original file name:

SetupWizard.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:

10/7/2014 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:

11/28/2014 7:52:44 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:8ob9GXioEE6FY5fQ5emJYeXOxXzF6oHU9gfu:8ohGXiBE6FY1ps656tg2

Entry address:

0x118E6

Entry point:

B8, 30, F2, 56, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 2A, FB, B6, 3A, 1C, 64, E5, 8A, D4, C7, FD, 61, 8E, E7, E8, E9, B4, 0A, 4C, 91, E3, 22, 20, 39, CE, 45, CE, CE, D5, D6, F9, 25, BA, 89, 97, 3F, 4A, 32, 73, 92, 1D, B4, B7, 8A, F2, 3B, 40, A1, 0F, E4, 3F, D9, FE, 2B, 6B, B2, B7, A5, 26, 45, CE, 8D, E0, 84, 93, B3, 69, C6, 53, 90, 23, 6D, D5, 49, CE, 85, 4B, 61, DE, F6, 6E, 89, 8A, CA, BC, 33, 93, 9E, E5, F0, CE, 8F, 6E... 
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Entropy:

7.9777

Packer / compiler:

PECompact v2

Code size:

155 KB (158,720 bytes)

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

http://jvupdatr.com/.../out.php?sxid=0ia3qh739355

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