home

setup.exe

Wizard

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 27 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 8ftrdspv.d8ntvqxqk.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wizard

Version:
1. 9. 8. 7

MD5:
5314efacd1ce7508000dc263b8944e03

SHA-1:
a585bc68cc64f4aa190eb05528728f30388ca79c

SHA-256:
47aca42a8d24fcc44cdad1b00de37d39f39457eb9ac37f69391de7b4dc2c9b95

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
11/6/2024 8:35:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.L
6175498

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2014.12.18

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Softpulse.aone
7.11.196.118

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-BE [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3257

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.L
1.0.20.1755

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/19795

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
20398

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.L
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-f85cfebf
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14368

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2014.12.17.02

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.L
15.0.0.1053

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SoftPulse.dkiqky
0.28.6.64267

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.L
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.17.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PluginUpdateSL.K
14.12.17.13

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
35418

File size:
874.5 KB (895,488 bytes)

Product version:
1. 9. 8. 7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
Wizard.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 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:
12/11/2014 4:53:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:962u5vuBxvzdQsewncQxiZNK2X4BuZ4S+pev4D9kLEzr8YUrBYqXcsgpXkRmvbEe:9+5vcrdQtwncQAb4BuZvi9BPCcTEe4w

Entry address:
0x1C046

Entry point:
B8, 60, 23, 52, 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, FA, E6, 86, 6D, FA, 19, CB, 87, DB, 22, AE, 7C, 34, 71, 1A, DE, AC, C1, 2D, 65, 6A, F9, 95, DA, 7F, 6C, 47, AC, B5, 5D, 26, A9, F1, 0E, 05, D1, 8C, 00, DD, CF, 0F, 4A, 3F, DC, 0A, 67, AA, B0, B2, 4A, F1, 2C, 25, AC, 06, 3C, 4C, 1A, 01, A2, 07, 7C, 1B, 89, AF, 20, 84, 29, BE, 5A, 68, EF, 7B, A7, 86, A9, E0, 6C, 21, FC, 2A, 5D, BF, B6, A7, 48, 53, 6C, 31, 9B, 1B, EF, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9797

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

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

http://8ftrdspv.d8ntvqxqk.com/6vt8YLaz7O-JF5wCYSoKMgp5JNoIdNBsM1f3dhVK6lpmSyirFIXHg1aeG_0V30pfrBrMZqDMAURTBBZKIPN2H4guKfbWmUrOHC-_v7Tz8nGIiQIMDKVXMYGQroIA6dWbiFxDIO1-E_XXkdeMUCodWmD90w3HMBY23xR4hBQ44wA?sbb=['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

http://8ftrdspv.d8ntvqxqk.com/6vt8YLaz7O-JF5wCYSoKMgp5JNoIdNBsM1f3dhVK6lpmSyirFIXHg1aeG_0V30pfrBrMZqDMAURTBBZKIPN2H4guKfbWmUrOHC-_v7Tz8nGIiQIMDKVXMYGQroIA6dWbiFxDIO1-E_XXkdeMUCodWmD90w3HMBY23xR4hBQ44wA?sbb=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

http://ttb.bestsoftenz.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=8592221291

http://f.dlside.com/down/flash/.../down.php?sid=300&dv1=ad294-gb&kw1=ad294-gb-qyc&uuid=f35a05b3-1ff0-4f20-6fcb-0f70c97e133e&dv3=f35a05b3-1ff0-4f20-6fcb-0f70c97e133e

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