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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 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from shaxly9.qdop6u09.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Plugin Update S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d4008cacf62e4d19462fade2c2575ae0

SHA-1:
a587321d7fe25a7c80530e4be5b3210a62cd535c

SHA-256:
32247be5947ea24eb97139f5f98600ccc531ba5a03dd8113fa4c8aa638be37ae

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
11/7/2024 12:34:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
6405895

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.02.12

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aone
7.11.209.206

avast!
Win32:SoftPulse-DJ [PUP]
150129-1

AVG
BundleApp
2016.0.3201

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
1.0.20.210

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Softpulse-128
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21046

Dr.Web
Trojan.Domaiq.114
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.W potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Zbot.AAN!tr
2/11/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-557dffdc
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.194.14941

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SoftPulse
v2015.02.11.10

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.2334
16.0.0.126

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dmwput
0.30.0.65070

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.11.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Softpulse
15.2.11.22

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.Softpulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.39247
2.0.0.2062

File size:
873.1 KB (894,064 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:
10/7/2014 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:
1/24/2015 11:53:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:H33f6iBcSgv6QpC6pvQcHeIFTpQuUmAHoES:Hf6YcS01vQgVdcFS

Entry address:
0x9E76

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 52, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 6F, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, A0, 41, 42, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 14, 53, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 54, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, FD, 04, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4C, 2B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, 4B, 3C, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.8659  (probably packed)

Code size:
107 KB (109,568 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 8 URLs.

http://shaxly9.qdop6u09.com/JVqtwZJAwDbxI2EGDNQmb4cG_PxRdfgkvRoujR_dd9uuez7Kg8qidixxOwAZSEMkk0N8HJEwtOd0FLGGrWdlnDzZs-HBIVCiEfTNZGCARifP3EzyVH3EqcA723hTnJxuLOUFSuQuBCg_BdKAj9cnG0t24RpsJyfNOJxCzfF8xCabO4Oa2rM9w3KVK0iq_N8S_PiYoy3GXeL-ICsqvvRMHw?sbb=['QW8f7xuQd7XV2dXTtWCfAnLz1IW6mEw4rF4tImiL5VBUjXhkuZ3fAiN1M7PsqizsOTw4gertC4r0oDwYN1jX7tLag7Z5as1vh4iGAHDvs7dRSnVgGpN3GjjP0eEGsbYBnnCuFF54YXlky4nmlC71AKEhsCaZwgXkLbaJtRMlY2oiFbLlE6Xvfida0YN901CKd4ApZQWmijVEGo812nTPIc5YVudKyT7O4i82tiacJJwUsriYWlDz8bZLikdsnmDoypeuYPmCsImJGJh3HjU1BJGlEviaqFduzuvGg9PZKkmeC6BgCZfhAgpDMgmTnGYmqBO8lriDsH7VmKKw6JPgIYfueNjbgv5IXoWHB86BFZOOQ5rRjbJK4PzsYL8aitEnjN4d2KUcgPK25eIq8sH4nMXYlpy1TnA9weXN4v3zCaQo8VeiVZsAi9MgMmX8EAYpA1gMh2yKX97nytlJyghMdqu8kcm34Fl9FAJvswyeDHvbcjd9kpUFreDQUNcj9TSBKFgOrxHHVD1saaAsppEbdCdSUNKCdZG1ueosjYcnlGR1LQVu6ZP78PESqoeXq7jNEBsBDLtnSOwixTjisicexkOxcrhiaQZpuv6OipudjANfWUPPREOywFKRw6vjrRNKzslxK4HmvAi8L5YfjJUBUAHAPwoTxmrdYYmJ5J2NXbKl39pGnxinJL2O4dPzPRDzqHCjLmDhV3jrIbq433QXzi9n3ZbFEbpl5y4ygUHoPud

http://shaxly9.qdop6u09.com/JVqtwZJAwDbxI2EGDNQmb4cG_PxRdfgkvRoujR_dd9uuez7Kg8qidixxOwAZSEMkk0N8HJEwtOd0FLGGrWdlnDzZs-HBIVCiEfTNZGCARifP3EzyVH3EqcA723hTnJxuLOUFSuQuBCg_BdKAj9cnG0t24RpsJyfNOJxCzfF8xCabO4Oa2rM9w3KVK0iq_N8S_PiYoy3GXeL-ICsqvvRMHw?sbb=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

http://ttb.vsboxsoft.com/download/request/.../umDKC1uh?ClickID=09aba24e6279fd690b5e07cddcdd16c8&PubID=CD25394

http://mmtrksk.com/mt/.../&subid1=ADSP-US&subid2=459&subid3=24394&subid4=Chrome

http://8yptlrh.7g2rgd6v.com/PEWJw_J4Ud3jp5FEi3d2kW9GZ2y5XhQM66mn4MHdV821Iv2NUsjKLgMjVdtMxqSl0wPH1tYu5CQzaDeTCiChXdOtflVwGU3bJUSFqkV3179KjoPe6bKduUbC9rzBWPqfws2Xp8pyqCgCyBxk4G9iiTERXhtVeuuyxfo3ZMQDK34?sbb=['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

http://8yptlrh.7g2rgd6v.com/PEWJw_J4Ud3jp5FEi3d2kW9GZ2y5XhQM66mn4MHdV821Iv2NUsjKLgMjVdtMxqSl0wPH1tYu5CQzaDeTCiChXdOtflVwGU3bJUSFqkV3179KjoPe6bKduUbC9rzBWPqfws2Xp8pyqCgCyBxk4G9iiTERXhtVeuuyxfo3ZMQDK34?sbb=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

http://ttb.totalfileslist.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=9121270042

http://www.gosubstitution.com/f/us/.../index.php?sid=751&dv1=ad744-us&kw1=ad744-us-lm&uuid=c6c6ff72-9a06-42cc-78cc-908ab177c553&dv3=c6c6ff72-9a06-42cc-78cc-908ab177c553

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