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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.
Publisher:
Plugin Update SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
05aaa7e7ec2efd786d6c2692bb92a0a9

SHA-1:
b586239052cc76067b4c2914e38d3e8a0c7e0339

SHA-256:
e128e9488962574f7b283d2d2e17b386098b6c2cd42afb3711cdf47e10846e79

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
11/6/2024 4:55:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E
692

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SoftPulse
2015.03.15

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/SoftPulse.aonc
7.11.217.78

avast!
SoftPulse-BB [PUP]
2014.9-150315

AVG
Pluginup
2016.0.3170

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E
1.0.20.370

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.MultiPlug-31138
0.98/20194

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SoftPulse.D
21416

Dr.Web
Adware.SoftPules.3
9.0.1.074

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
8.15.03.15.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/SoftPulse.S potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SoftPulse
3/15/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-76752e8b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
11.2015-15-03_1

G Data
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of microsoft publisher.exe (Adware)
2015.6.21.1

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.SoftPulse
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15263

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Inject
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DomaIQ
v2015.03.15.01

McAfee
Program.SoftPulse
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E
16.0.0.222

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SoftPulse.diongu
0.30.0.296

Norman
Application.Bundler.SoftPulse.E
11.20150315

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.15.01

Quick Heal
Trojan.Inject.T4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.3.15.0

Sophos
PUA 'SoftPulse' (of type Adware)
59

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
7.2.74

Trend Micro
ADW_PULSOFT.SM
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SoftPulse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5064683
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.DriverUpd.Win32.46
2.0.0.2099

File size:
1 MB (1,059,072 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 7:59:59 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 9:53:27 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:RQqAkwwlUSvS3U2wb0aZTKzqCGw1L3v5dGjnA3Kbu:RQqhqS32wIcTfQ3v5ok0u

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)

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