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setup.exe

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 35 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 wrpbdedpk0x.6om8d5yr.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Plugin Update SL (signed and verified)

MD5:

c15c12ea613363fdb3b8fc0252786bf6

SHA-1:

adeb54e985b4c46346f3daa20ee33ea1c390f37c

SHA-256:

ae003e96f79cb6d388e59f87f590a5c3dc9704c7f70e71f89bf81dd5bf601f61

Scanner detections:

35 / 68

Status:

Adware

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

11/7/2024 5:39:33 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E

695

Agnitum Outpost

Riskware.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.SoftPulse

2015.03.13

Avira AntiVirus

TR/Dropper.Gen

7.11.30.172

avast!

SoftPulse-BB [PUP]

2014.9-150312

AVG

Pluginup

2016.0.3173

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E

1.0.20.355

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138

0.98/20183

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D

21384

Dr.Web

Adware.SoftPules.3

9.0.1.071

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse

8.15.03.12.11

ESET NOD32

Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/SoftPulse

3/12/2015

F-Prot

W32/S-76752e8b

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse

11.2015-12-03_5

G Data

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse

15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of microsoft publisher.exe (Adware)

2015.6.18.21

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse

t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.200.15246

Kaspersky

Trojan.Win32.Inject

14.0.0.2358

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.DomaIQ

v2015.03.12.11

McAfee

Program.SoftPulse

16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E

16.0.0.213

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.diongu

0.30.0.296

Norman

Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E

11.20150312

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

15.03.12.11

Quick Heal

Trojan.Inject.T4

3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Bundler.Softpulse

15.3.12.11

Sophos

PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)

Trend Micro House Call

ADW_PULSOFT.SM

7.2.71

Trend Micro

ADW_PULSOFT.SM

10.465.12

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.SoftPulse

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.5064683

36694

Zillya! Antivirus

Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.46

2.0.0.2095

File size:

1 MB (1,059,080 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/23/2015 6:59:59 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:

11/25/2014 8:53:27 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:BQqAkwwlUSvS3U2wb0aZTKzqCGw1L3v5dGjnA3Kby:BQqhqS32wIcTfQ3v5ok0y

Entry address:

0x17FB50

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:

7.8935

Packer / compiler:

UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:

996 KB (1,019,904 bytes)

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

http://wrpbdedpk0x.6om8d5yr.com/QsK_vSOlzCXmchmDhI5J4t-eBczn14XRYyrK933l3k-Hu014DcDxpOWqwCypjaknItG0T62Zmq29BpWGWqdwVXq9o6R4ALqWbSgIzhIg8R7SiBWn4QKZ0b7_KsFBSX94?sbb=['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

http://wrpbdedpk0x.6om8d5yr.com/QsK_vSOlzCXmchmDhI5J4t-eBczn14XRYyrK933l3k-Hu014DcDxpOWqwCypjaknItG0T62Zmq29BpWGWqdwVXq9o6R4ALqWbSgIzhIg8R7SiBWn4QKZ0b7_KsFBSX94?sbb=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

http://ttb.thesoftwerr.com/download/request/.../wxX75Z7P?PubID=79_3527_3100&ClickID=8277022143

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